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