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In the wake of a 1952 revolution, leaders of Bolivia's National Revolutionary Movement (MNR) embarked on a program of internal colonization known as the ""March to the East"". Ben Nobbs-Thiessen details the multifaceted results of this migration on the environment of the South American interior.
During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world.
Tells the story of the rise of the US Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of exploration, naval officers, war, and the ocean environment, Jason Smith draws together insights from environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the history of science and cartography.
Illuminating the entangled histories of the people and commodities that circulated across the Atlantic, Sharika Crawford assesses the Caribbean as a waterscape where imperial and national governments vied to control the profitability of the sea.
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