Tropical visions in an age of empire [electronic resource] / edited by Felix Driver and Luciana Martins.
Driver, Felix.; Martins, Luciana.
2005
G905 .T75 2005eb
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Title Tropical visions in an age of empire [electronic resource] / edited by Felix Driver and Luciana Martins.
ISBN 0226164713 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226164721 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Language English
Description xii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Call Number G905 .T75 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 910/.913
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-268) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Driver, Felix.
Martins, Luciana.
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