{"product_id":"cattle-in-the-backlands-mato-grosso-and-the-evolution-of-ranching-in-the-brazilian-tropics-hardback-9781477311141","title":"Cattle in the Backlands; Mato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics (Hardback) 9781477311141","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCattle in the Backlands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert W. Wilcox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477311141, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 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\u003cdiv\u003eA welcome, and important, contribution…one of the best studies of the historic development of ranching in the American tropics.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Latin American Studies) \u003cdiv\u003eWilcox reveals the complex environmental, economic, and social history of one of the country's most important agricultural industries...\u003ci\u003eCattle in the Backlands\u003c\/i\u003e provides a necessary, and previously under explored, history of a regional industry [and] is valuable reading for scholars of agro-industrial development within Brazil and beyond.\u003c\/div\u003e (Luso-Brazilian Review) \u003cdiv\u003eOne of the most thoroughly researched histories of cattle ranching in Latin America written to date...this book is a welcome and much-needed addition to existing scholarship on cattle ranching in the Americas and will be of broader interest to agricultural, environmental, and social historians interested in understanding historical relationships between people, animals, and the land.\u003c\/div\u003e (Hispanic American Historical Review) \u003cdiv\u003eA significant achievement...\u003ci\u003eCattle in the Backlands\u003c\/i\u003e helps us think more deeply about the importance of animals to peripheral economic development and about conditions in Brazil's many 'backlands' that faced similar struggles against distance, land-tenure insecurity, lack of credit, and physical environment.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Latin American Geography)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry A. Wallace Award, The Agricultural History Society, 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrazil has the second-largest cattle herd in the world and is a major exporter of beef. While ranching in the Amazon-and its destructive environmental consequences-receives attention from both the media and scholars, the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul actually host the most cattle. A significant beef producer in Brazil beginning in the late nineteenth century, the region served as a laboratory for raising cattle in the tropics, where temperate zone ranching practices do not work. Mato Grosso ranchers and cowboys transformed ranching’s relationship with the environment, including the introduction of an exotic cattle breed-the Zebu-that now dominates Latin American tropical ranching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCattle in the Backlands\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive history of ranching in Mato Grosso. Using extensive primary sources, Robert W. Wilcox explores three key aspects: the economic transformation of a remote frontier region through modern technical inputs; the resulting social changes, especially in labor structures and land tenure; and environmental factors, including the long-term impact of ranching on ecosystems, which, he contends, was not as detrimental as might be assumed. Wilcox demonstrates that ranching practices in Mato Grosso set the parameters for tropical beef production in Brazil and throughout Latin America. As the region was incorporated into national and international economic structures, its ranching industry experienced the entry of foreign investment, the introduction of capitalized processing facilities, and nascent discussions of ecological impacts-developments that later affected many sectors of the Brazilian economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Timeline for Cattle Ranching in Mato Grosso, 1580s–\u003cbr\u003e1980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. The Paradox of Tropical Ranching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Mirror of the Land: Regional Geography and Environmental Imperatives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Establishing Roots: The Ranching Economy to 1914\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. A Boom of Sorts: The Ranching Economy, 1914–\u003cbr\u003e1950\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Land Access: Opportunities and Obstacles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Cowboys, Hands, and Native Peoples: Labor Relations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. The Dynamics of the Mundane: Everyday Ranching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. National Breeds and Hindu Idols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. Transformation and Continuity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589118193944,"sku":"9781477311141","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cattle-in-the-backlands-mato-grosso-and-the-evolution-of-ranching-in-the-brazilian-tropics-hardback-9781477311141","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}