White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
| Autor: | Córdoba, Lorena Isabel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Environmental History. 2019, 24 Repositorio Institucional (UCA) Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina instacron:UCA |
| Popis: | Fil: Córdoba, Lorena Isabel. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina Abstract: The “rubber boom” played a decisive role in the integration of the Amazon rainforest into the global economy. Between 1870 and 1920, most Amazonian countries eagerly engaged in the rubber trade: first, Brazil, accounting for nearly 80–90 percent of the world market, followed by Bolivia and Peru, with 5–10 percent, and, finally, by Colombia and Venezuela, with a lower production.1 This article discusses the commodification of rubber in Bolivia from 1880 until its decline in the 1910s. It poses the question of how social perceptions of rubber as a wild, inexhaustible natural resource grounded, and affected, the structure of its exploitation. |
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