Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment Political Ecology, Invisibility and Modernity in the Rainforest /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Adams, Cristina. (Editor), Murrieta, Rui. (Editor), Neves, Walter. (Editor), Harris, Mark. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Conservation biology.; Sustainable development.; History.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences, general.; Sustainable Development.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9283-1

Amazonia is never quite what it seems. Despite regular attention in the media and numerous academic studies the Brazilian Amazon is rarely appreciated as a historical place home to a range of different societies. Often left invisible are the families who are making a living from the rivers and fores...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Introduction
• Part I: Identity, History and Society
• Part II: Sustainability and Development Policies
• Part III: Resource Management
• Part IV: Gender and Daily Life
• Part V: Diet and Health
• Conclusion
• Index.