Description: A fresh, interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading scholars in the fields of nineteenth-century studies and Latin American ecocriticism
Brief description: Ronald Briggs is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College and author of Tropes of Enlightenment in the Age of Bolívar: Simón Rodríguez and the American Essay at Revolution (also published by Vanderbilt University Press).
Review Quotes: "This is an excellent, compelling, carefully researched, and clearly written volume by leading scholars in Latin Americanist environmental humanities."
--Rachel Price, author of Planet/Cuba: Art, Culture, and the Future of the Island