Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber : A Study in Environmental History (Paperback)

Explanatory notes; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prometheus in reverse, 1855?1876; 2. Awaiting developments, 1876?1906; 3. Production and folklore, 1876?1910; 4. The reason why, 1904?1923; 5. A jump in the dark, 1923?1940; 6. The battle for rubber, 1940?1945; 7. Administrative discontinuities, 1946?1961; 8. Complete perplexity, 1961?1972; 9. Economically guaranteed, 1973?1986; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Index.