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

by Warren Dean

Book Overview

Brazil once enjoyed a near monopoly in rubber when that commodity was gathered in the wild. By 1913, however, cultivated rubber from Southeast Asia swept the Brazilian gathered product from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526922
• ISBN13: 9780521526920
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"