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Author:
Brondízio, Eduardo S.
Title:
The Amazonian Caboclo and the Açaí palm : forest farmers in the global market / Eduardo S. Brondízio.
Publisher:
The New York Botanical Garden Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xv, 403 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Caboclos (Brazilian people)
Botany, Economic--Amazon River Region.
Botany, Economic--Brazil.
Açaí palm--Amazon River Region.
Açaí palm--Brazil.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index.
Contents:
Caboclo invisibility and forest management -- Views of productive land and the identity of Caboclos as rural producers -- Land cover in a transitional landscape -- Palm ethnobotany and Caboclo material culture -- The social landscape and land use change -- Açaí palm fruit: from a staple to a fashionable food -- Açaí palm management and agroforestry systems -- Shifting cycles, shifting opportunities.
Series:
Advances in economic botany, 0741-8280 ; v. 16
ISBN:
9780893274764
0893274763
OCLC:
(OCoLC)231749065
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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