Warren Dean

Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber

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

• Gebundenes 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: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780521334778
• ISBN-10: 0521334772
• Artikelnr.: 23580618

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.