Brazil and the struggle for rubber: a study in environmental history
Auteur :
Dean, Warren
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521526920
Date de publication :
4 juil. 2002
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,0 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
382 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.