The forgotten frontier
Subtitle: ranchers of north Brazil.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Ranch life -- Brazil -- Roraima; Roraima (Brazil)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 125-127.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Fieldwork problems -- The environment -- The history -- Roraima today. Communications and transport -- Bôa Vista, the capital of Roraima -- The economy of Roraima -- The people of Roraima. The population divisions -- Ethnosocial mobility -- Socioeconomic classes -- The cattlemen. Dress -- Ranches -- Cultivation -- Labor force -- Land ownership -- Horses and cattle. Horses -- Cattle -- Life on the ranch. Daily routine -- Annual routine -- Roundup -- Work in the corral -- The cattle drive -- Shipment of cattle -- Life cycle. Baptism -- Birthday -- Growing up -- Education -- Marriage -- Death -- Family and kinship. Family organization -- Inheritance -- Compadresco -- Economic kinship -- Roraimaense ranching as a socioeconomic system. Sorte -- Status -- Rank -- The economics of ranching -- A cowtown of Roraima. Location and history -- Murusu today -- Network of relationships -- Shopkeepers -- Life in Murusu -- Festa. Dispute concerning date -- Description -- Discussion -- Change. Obstacles to development -- Factors producing change -- Glossary -- References -- Additional readings.