Download or read book Selva Central written by SANTOS-GRANERO FERNA and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1998-07-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chronicling the region's history from 1635 to the present. Fernando Santos-Granero and Frederica Barclay assess the roles of immigrant colonists and indigenous groups in the political and economic development of Selva Central. They show how early missionary and mining endeavors paved the way for colonial expansion and analyze the effects of plantation agriculture and the timber industry on the region's ecology."--BOOK JACKET.