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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Traces on the Peruvian Shore: The Environmental History of the Fishmeal Boom in Chimbote, Peru, 1940-1980
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis dissertation chronicles the changes Chimbote underwent and scrutinizes the reasons for those changes, arguing that, rather than focusing on the decline of the ecosystem, there was in fact a new ecosystem produced. This new ecosystem emerged as a result of the actions of the major players in the ecosystem: the entrepreneurs who sought to accrue profits, the state that was mandated to protect the environment but was unable to control the explosive growth of the industry, and the fishermen who due to their unstable work conditions and the culture of fishing, extracted as much fish from the ocean as much as they could.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Clarke, Nathan
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jacobsen, Nils
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI3391913
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84702