The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Rubber Industry
An Historical Anthropology
In this engaging book, Stephen Nugent offers an in-depth historical anthropology of a widely recognised feature of the Amazon region, examining the dramatic rise and fall of the rubber industry. He considers rubber in the Amazon from the perspective of a long-term extractive industry that linked remote forest tappers to technical innovations central to the industrial transformation of Europe and North America, emphasizing the links between the social landscape of Amazonia and the global economy. Through a critical examination focused on the rubber industry, Nugent addresses myths that continue to influence perceptions of Amazonia. The book ch…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-71794-6
- EAN: 9781351717946
- Produktnummer: 25315965
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'293 KB
- Abbildungen: 47 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 17 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 30 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Stephen L. Nugent is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
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