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Rainforest cowboys the rise of ranching and cattle culture in western Amazonia
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Rainforest cowboys [electronic resource] : the rise of ranching and cattle culture in western Amazonia / Jeffrey Hoelle.
ISBN
029276815X
9780292768154
0292761341
9780292761346 (cloth : alk. paper)
Edition
First Edition.
Published
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Archaeology and Anthropology.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 humanenvironment interactions
The ranchers: smooth hands, progress, and production
The city and the contri
Heres 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
Notes
Works cited
Index.
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