Rainforest cowboys : the rise of ranching and cattle culture in western Amazonia / Jeffrey Hoelle.

• List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- The journey to acre -- The expansion of cattle raising in acre -- Ruminations on cattle economies and cattle cultures -- Ideologies of nature and human¿environment interactions -- The ranchers: smooth hands, progress, and production -- The city and the contri -- Here¿s the beef: symbol, sustenance, and hamburger connections -- Rubber-tapper and colonist transitions : environment, practice, and identity -- The appropriation of cattle culture : perceptions, behaviors, and methodological considerations -- The full picture -- Appendix A. Social groups and research area -- Appendix B. Methods and data -- Appendix C. Levels of agreement among social groups -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

Ämnesord

Avskogning  (sao)

Humanekologi  (sao)

Boskapsskötsel  -- miljöaspekter (sao)

Beef cattle  -- Environmental aspects -- Brazil -- Acre. (LCSH)

Ranching  -- Environmental aspects -- Brazil -- Acre. (LCSH)

Deforestation  -- Brazil -- Acre. (LCSH)

Human ecology  -- Brazil -- Acre. (LCSH)

Deforestation.  (fast)

Human ecology.  (fast)

Beef cattle  -- Environmental aspects. (fast)

Ranching  -- Environmental aspects. (fast)

Deforestation  (LCSH)

Human ecology  (LCSH)

Brasilien  -- Acre (sao)

Brazil  -- Acre. (fast)

Klassifikation

SF196.B6 (LCC)

636.213098112 (DDC)

Qdi (kssb/8 (machine generated))