Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber A Study in Environmental History |
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Author:
| Dean, Warren |
Contribution by:
| Crosby, Alfred W. Worster, Donald |
Series title: | Studies in Environment and History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-52692-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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Brazil once enjoyed a near monopoly in rubber when the commodity was gathered in the wild. 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.
Brazil once enjoyed a near monopoly in rubber when the commodity was gathered in the wild. 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.