Warren Dean

Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber

A Study in Environmental History
Herausgeber: Crosby, Alfred W.; Worster, Donald

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An environmental explanation of Brazil's repeated failures to re-establish itself as a leading rubber producer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780521526920
• ISBN-10: 0521526922
• Artikelnr.: 22233472

Inhaltsangabe

Explanatory notes
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Prometheus in reverse, 1855-1876
2. Awaiting developments, 1876-1906
3. Production and folklore, 1876-1910
4. The reason why, 1904-1923
5. A jump in the dark, 1923-1940
6. The battle for rubber, 1940-1945
7. Administrative discontinuities, 1946-1961
8. Complete perplexity, 1961-1972
9. Economically guaranteed, 1973-1986
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Index.