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Society and Nature: Recent Trends in the Study of Latin American Environments

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CULTURE AND GLOBAL CHANGE: SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS OF DEFORESTATION IN THE LACANDONA RAIN FOREST IN MEXICO. By ArizpeLourdes, FernandaPaz, and VelázquezMargarita. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. Pp. 115. $44.50 cloth, $19.95 paper.)

GREEN GUERRILLAS: ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND INITIATIVES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. Edited by CollinsonHelen. (London: Latin American Bureau, 1996. Pp. 250. $19.00 paper.)

IN THE SOCIETY OF NATURE: A NATIVE ECOLOGY IN AMAZONIA. By DescolaPhilippe. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. 372. $69.95 cloth.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Susan E. Place*
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California State University, Chico
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