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© 1996 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 1996 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents XI
  3. List of Maps XIII
  4. Foreword XV
  5. Acknowledgments XIX
  6. 1 THE FOREST EVOLVES 1
  7. 2 HUMANS INVADE: THE FIRST WAVE 20
  8. 3 HUMANS INVADE: THE SECOND WAVE 41
  9. 4 ESTRANGEMENT: DEPOPULATION AND THE REGROWN FOREST 66
  10. 5 GOLD AND DIAMONDS, ANTS AND CATTLE 91
  11. 6 SCIENCE DISCOVERS THE FOREST 117
  12. 7 THE FOREST UNDER BRAZILIAN RULE 144
  13. 8 COFFEE DISPOSSESSES THE FOREST 168
  14. 9 INSTRUMENTS OF DEVASTATION 191
  15. 10 SPECULATION AND CONSERVATION 213
  16. 11 INDUSTRIAL NOMADISM, PREDATORY INDUSTRIALISM 239
  17. 12 THE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVE 265
  18. 13 UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS 292
  19. 14 GETTING IT OFF THE PAPER 319
  20. 15 THE VALUE OF BARE GROUND 348
  21. NOTES 365
  22. Pronouncing Glossary 441
  23. Index 445
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents XI
  3. List of Maps XIII
  4. Foreword XV
  5. Acknowledgments XIX
  6. 1 THE FOREST EVOLVES 1
  7. 2 HUMANS INVADE: THE FIRST WAVE 20
  8. 3 HUMANS INVADE: THE SECOND WAVE 41
  9. 4 ESTRANGEMENT: DEPOPULATION AND THE REGROWN FOREST 66
  10. 5 GOLD AND DIAMONDS, ANTS AND CATTLE 91
  11. 6 SCIENCE DISCOVERS THE FOREST 117
  12. 7 THE FOREST UNDER BRAZILIAN RULE 144
  13. 8 COFFEE DISPOSSESSES THE FOREST 168
  14. 9 INSTRUMENTS OF DEVASTATION 191
  15. 10 SPECULATION AND CONSERVATION 213
  16. 11 INDUSTRIAL NOMADISM, PREDATORY INDUSTRIALISM 239
  17. 12 THE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVE 265
  18. 13 UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS 292
  19. 14 GETTING IT OFF THE PAPER 319
  20. 15 THE VALUE OF BARE GROUND 348
  21. NOTES 365
  22. Pronouncing Glossary 441
  23. Index 445
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