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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Medicine.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Sustainable development.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; History, general.; Sustainable Development.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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...