As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems—carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts—scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern studies, given how often the U.S. South serves as a site for large-scale damming initiatives like the TVA, disasters on t...

México cuenta con una gran participación de empresas familiares, hoy en día tenemos contacto con la mayoría de estas, ya sea consumiendo algún bien o servicio, o desempeñando alguna función en dichas organizaciones. Sea cual sea su tamaño y sector de desempeño, invariablemente, representan la principal fuente de empleo de la población y son uno de los principales motores de la economía. La relevancia de su estudio es innegable y, más aún, frente a contextos de crisis como lo fue la pandemi...

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related information on Cuba and on coastal zone management in Mexico. The comprehensive data on management pol...