124th Annual Meeting (January 7-10, 2010): Coastal Fisheries, Island Cities, and Continental Boundaries: Pan-American Dreams and Environmental Realities in Latin America

Coastal Fisheries, Island Cities, and Continental Boundaries: Pan-American Dreams and Environmental Realities in Latin America

AHA Session 57

Friday, January 8, 2010: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM

Columbia 2 (Marriott)

Chair:

Jose Drummond, University of Brasilia

Papers:

Islands No More: Changing Perceptions of the Climate of the Valley of Mexico in the Nineteenth Century
Emily Lynn Wakild, Wake Forest University

Leaps of Faith across the Continental Gap: Ecological Causes for the Failure to Complete the Pan-American Highway
Shawn Miller, Brigham Young University

Fishing for Fodder: South American Fishmeal Empires and North American Ranching, 1945–73
Kristin A. Wintersteen, Duke University

Mixed Media: A History of Seals and Seal Hunters at the “End of the World”
John Soluri, Carnegie Mellon University

Comment:

Myrna I. Santiago, Saint Mary's College of California

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