{"product_id":"brazil-and-the-struggle-for-rubber-a-study-in-environmental-history-paperback-9780521526920","title":"Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber; A Study in Environmental History (Paperback) 9780521526920","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBrazil and the Struggle for Rubber\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in Environmental History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn environmental explanation of Brazil's repeated failures to re-establish itself as a leading rubber producer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWarren Dean (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521526920, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 9 b\/w illus.  1 map  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 1.6 cm, 0.382 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Warren Dean spins a good tale and draws some insightful conclusions about the limits of human ability to manipulate the environment.\"   Report on the Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBrazil once enjoyed a near monopoly in rubber when the commodity was gathered in the wild. By 1913, however, cultivated rubber in South-east Asia swept the Brazilian gathered product from the market. In this innovative study, Warren Dean demonstrates that environmental factors have played a key role in the many failed attempts to produce a significant rubber crop again in Brazil. In the Amazon attempts to shift to cultivated rubber failed repeatedly. Brazilian social and economic conditions have been blamed for these failures, in particular the failure of local capitalists and the refusal of the working class to accept wage labour. Dean shows in this study, however, that the difficulty was mainly ecological: the rubber tree in the wild lives in close association with a parasitic leaf fungus; when the tree was planted in close stands, the blight appeared in epidemic proportions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExplanatory notes\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prometheus in reverse, 1855–1876\u003cbr\u003e 2. Awaiting developments, 1876–1906\u003cbr\u003e 3. Production and folklore, 1876–1910\u003cbr\u003e 4. The reason why, 1904–1923\u003cbr\u003e 5. A jump in the dark, 1923–1940\u003cbr\u003e 6. The battle for rubber, 1940–1945\u003cbr\u003e 7. Administrative discontinuities, 1946–1961\u003cbr\u003e 8. Complete perplexity, 1961–1972\u003cbr\u003e 9. Economically guaranteed, 1973–1986\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industry%20\u0026amp;%20industrial%20studies%20%5BKN%5D%22\"\u003eKN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004638286104,"sku":"9780521526920","price":38.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521526920i_4bafa013-2b29-4049-8667-e4d17bcdbc8d.jpg?v=1691368924","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/brazil-and-the-struggle-for-rubber-a-study-in-environmental-history-paperback-9780521526920","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}