Amazonian caboclo society
Subtitle: an essay on invisibility and peasant economy
By: Stephen Nugent.
Series: Explorations in anthropology
Publisher: Berg
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Providence, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Caboclos (Brazilian people) -- Brazil -- Santarém (Pará) -- Social conditions; Caboclos (Brazilian people) -- Brazil -- Santarém (Pará) -- Economic conditions; Peasantry -- Brazil -- Santarém (Pará); Human ecology -- Brazil -- Santarém (Pará); Santarém (Pará, Brazil) -- Social conditions; Santarém (Pará, Brazil) -- Economic conditions
Description: "Important study examines peasant/caboclo society of the lower Brazilian Amazon, a largely neglected population in the anthropological literature on Amazonia. After discussing various representations of caboclos as 'marginal societies,' analysis focuses on local community organization, economic processes, and their relation to national development. Finally, author discusses implications of recent proposals for sustainable development for deconstructing the 'invisibility' of the caboclo"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-273) and index.