Rainforest Cowboys : : The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia / / Jeffrey Hoelle.
The opening of the Amazon to colonization in the 1970s brought cattle, land conflict, and widespread deforestation. In the remote state of Acre, Brazil, rubber tappers fought against migrant ranchers to preserve the forest they relied on, and in the process, these “forest guardians” showed the world...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
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