Routledge - The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Rubber Industry

Explore the complex history of the Amazon region with this historical anthropology by Stephen Nugent. This book provides a deep look into the rubber industry, tracing its dramatic growth and eventual decline. By examining rubber as a long-term extractive industry, Nugent connects the lives of remote forest tappers to the major technical innovations that drove industrial changes in Europe and North America. This work connects the social landscape of Amazonia to the global economy. It offers a critical examination of the industry to address common myths that persist today. Whether you are a student of sociology or a history enthusiast, this text provides a necessary perspective on how local extraction shaped global markets. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the intersection of social science and economic history.