Investigates the appropriations of borders and historic transformations in land use.
Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of the Handbook »The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis« focuses on land use in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions touch upon numerous aspects, from the transformations of material to the social practices, their political and legal regulations as well as the imaginaries of virgin territories. Consequently, far from limiting themselves to a static cartography of land use, the contributors investigate the appropriations of borders and historic transformations in land use.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 9
Academic Advisory Board 11
The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis 15
Introduction: Land Use in Colonial Latin America in the Anthropocene History 47
Land Use in the Southern Cone in the Colonial Period 55
Land Use in the Andes in the Colonial Period 77
Land Use in the Amazon in the Colonial Period 101
Land Use in Mesoamerica in the Colonial Period 123
Land Use in the Caribbean in the Colonial Period 157
Introduction: Land Use, Second Conquest, and the Anthropocene in Latin America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 179
Land Use in the Southern Cone from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 187
Land Use in the Andes from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 205
Land Use in the Amazon from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 231
Land Use in Mesoamerica from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 257
Land Use in the Caribbean from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 281
Introduction: Land Use in the Latin American Anthropocene from 1950 to the Present 301
Land Use in the Southern Cone from 1950 to the Present 307
Land Use in the Andes from 1950 to the Present 333
Land Use in the Amazon from 1950 to the Present 359
Land Use in Mesoamerica from 1950 to the Present 385
Land Use in the Caribbean from 1950 to the Present 407
Biographical Notes 433
Olaf Kaltmeier, geb. 1970, ist Professor für Iberoamerikanische Geschichte an der Universität Bielefeld und Direktor des Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) in Guadalajara mit Regionalstandorten in Buenos Aires, Quito und San Jos de Costa Rica. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: Latein- und inter-amerikanische Geschichte, Soziale Bewegungen, Ethnizität im historischen Wandel, Umweltgeschichte sowie Macht- und Herrschaftskonstellationen im Kontext der Globalisierung.
