1st Edition
Amazonian Caboclo Society An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy
By Stephen Nugent
Copyright 1993
278 Pages
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Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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Amazonian Caboclo Society is concerned with peasant society in Brazilian Amazonia. Most anthropological work in Amazonia has focused on Indian groups, and caboclos (peasants of mixed ancestry) have generally been regarded as relics of the haphazard development of Amazonia and have received little serious attention. This volume aims to analyze the reasons for the relative 'invisibility' of caboclo... Read more
Part 1 Caboclos Out of History, 1. Introduction, 2. Invisible Caboclos Visible Nature, Part 2 Caboclos in History,
4. Santarém and the ‘Failure’ of Transamazônica, 5. Exploring Santareno Identity : Kinship, Domestic Groups and Social Organization 6. Petty Commodity Production and Formal Subsumption : Caboclo Peasants 7. Merchant Capital, Social Reproduction and Blockage 8. Maintaining the Image of Sustainable Development
4. Santarém and the ‘Failure’ of Transamazônica, 5. Exploring Santareno Identity : Kinship, Domestic Groups and Social Organization 6. Petty Commodity Production and Formal Subsumption : Caboclo Peasants 7. Merchant Capital, Social Reproduction and Blockage 8. Maintaining the Image of Sustainable Development
Biography
Stephen Nugent Lecturer in Anthropology,University of London
