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

Abstract

Explanatory notes Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Prometheus in reverse, 1855-1876 2. Awaiting developments, 1876-1906 3. Production and folklore, 1876-1910 4. The reason why, 1904-1923 5. A jump in the dark, 1923-1940 6. The battle for rubber, 1940-1945 7. Administrative discontinuities, 1946-1961 8. Complete perplexity, 1961-1972 9. Economically guaranteed, 1973-1986 Conclusion Appendix Notes Glossary Index.