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Jeffrey Hoelle - Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia - 9781477310601 - V9781477310601
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Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia

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Description for Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia Paperback. Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation. Num Pages: 212 pages, 19 b&w photos, 2 b&w maps, 6 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 482.

This ambitious interdisciplinary study is the first to examine the interlinked economic uses and cultural practices and beliefs surrounding cattle in Western Amazonia, where cattle raising is at the center of debates about economic development and environ

Winner, Brazil Section Book Award, Latin American Studies Association, 2016

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 world that it was possible to unite forest livelihoods ... Read more

Drawing on eighteen months of fieldwork, Jeffrey Hoelle shows how cattle raising is about much more than beef production or deforestation in Acre, even among “carnivorous” environmentalists, vilified ranchers, and urbanites with no land or cattle. He contextualizes the rise of ranching in relation to political economic structures and broader meanings to understand the spread of “cattle culture.” This cattle-centered vision of rural life builds on local experiences and influences from across the Americas and even resembles East African cultural practices. Written in a broadly accessible and interdisciplinary style, Rainforest Cowboys is essential reading for a global audience interested in understanding the economic and cultural features of cattle raising, deforestation, and the continuing tensions between conservation and development in the Amazon.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477310601
SKU
V9781477310601
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About Jeffrey Hoelle
Jeffrey Hoelle is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia
"This complex, multivalenced historical ethnography of Acre state in the western Amazon unexpectedly portrays the rise of a Western-influenced cattle culture."
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"Hoelle’s insightful depiction of Amazonian transformations offers solid ground over which others may critically advance some of his key arguments. . . . arguably the book’s most important contribution: it bridges the research agendas of scholars who ... Read more

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