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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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The journey to acre
- Chapter 2 The expansion of cattle raising in acre
- Chapter 3 Ruminations on cattle economies and cattle cultures
- Chapter 4 Ideologies of nature and human– environment interactions
- Chapter 5 The ranchers: smooth hands, progress, and production
- Chapter 6 The city and the Contri
- Chapter 7 Here’s the beef: symbol, sustenance, and hamburger connections
- Chapter 8 Rubber-tapper and colonist transitions: environment, practice, and identity
- Chapter 9 The appropriation of cattle culture: perceptions, behaviors, and methodological considerations
- Chapter 10 The full picture
- Appendix A: Social Groups and Research Area
- Appendix B: Methods and Data
- Appendix B: Methods and Data
- Works Cited
- Index