Rainforest cowboys : the rise of ranching and cattle culture in western Amazonia / Jeffrey Hoelle.

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"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 worl...

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Main Author: Hoelle, Jeffrey, 1976-
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Beef cattle > Environmental aspects > Brazil > Acre.
Ranching > Environmental aspects > Brazil > Acre.
Deforestation > Brazil > Acre.
Human ecology > Brazil > Acre.
Beef cattle > Environmental aspects.
Deforestation.
Human ecology.
Ranching > Environmental aspects.
Brazil > Acre.
Boskapsskötsel > miljöaspekter.
Avskogning.
Humanekologi.
Brasilien > Acre.
Physical Description:xiv, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Government Document Book
Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • The journey to acre
  • The expansion of cattle raising in acre
  • Ruminations on cattle economies and cattle cultures
  • Ideologies of nature and human-environment interactions
  • The ranchers: smooth hands, progress, and production
  • The city and the contri
  • Here's the beef: symbol, sustenance, and hamburger connections
  • Rubber-tapper and colonist transitions : environment, practice, and identity
  • The appropriation of cattle culture : perceptions, behaviors, and methodological considerations
  • The full picture
  • Appendix A. Social groups and research area
  • Appendix B. Methods and data
  • Appendix C. Levels of agreement among social groups
  • Works cited
  • Index.