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Routledge - The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Rubber Industry

Name: Routledge - The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Rubber Industry
Brand: Routledge
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Anthropology & Sociology

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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.

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In-depth historical anthropology that examines the dramatic rise and fall of the Amazon rubber industry.

Connects remote forest tappers to the industrial transformations occurring in Europe and North America.

Analyzes the links between the social landscape of Amazonia and the broader global economy.

Provides a critical examination to address and challenge historical myths surrounding the region.

Offers a perspective on rubber as a long-term extractive industry central to global development.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138894028
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 December 2017
Listed Since: 20 June 2017

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