Author: Robert W. Wilcox
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477311165
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Henry A. Wallace Award, The Agricultural History Society, 2018 Brazil has the second-largest cattle herd in the world and is a major exporter of beef. While ranching in the Amazon—and its destructive environmental consequences—receives attention from both the media and scholars, the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul actually host the most cattle. A significant beef producer in Brazil beginning in the late nineteenth century, the region served as a laboratory for raising cattle in the tropics, where temperate zone ranching practices do not work. Mato Grosso ranchers and cowboys transformed ranching’s relationship with the environment, including the introduction of an exotic cattle breed—the Zebu—that now dominates Latin American tropical ranching. Cattle in the Backlands presents a comprehensive history of ranching in Mato Grosso. Using extensive primary sources, Robert W. Wilcox explores three key aspects: the economic transformation of a remote frontier region through modern technical inputs; the resulting social changes, especially in labor structures and land tenure; and environmental factors, including the long-term impact of ranching on ecosystems, which, he contends, was not as detrimental as might be assumed. Wilcox demonstrates that ranching practices in Mato Grosso set the parameters for tropical beef production in Brazil and throughout Latin America. As the region was incorporated into national and international economic structures, its ranching industry experienced the entry of foreign investment, the introduction of capitalized processing facilities, and nascent discussions of ecological impacts—developments that later affected many sectors of the Brazilian economy.
Cattle in the Backlands
O Municipio de Campo Grande
Boletim Da Sociedade de Geographia Do Rio de Janeiro
Author: Sociedade Brasileira de Geografia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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O município de Campo Grande
Author: Rosário Congro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 184
Book Description
O município de Campo Grande em 1919
Author: Rosário Congro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788599142806
Category : Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 191
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788599142806
Category : Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 191
Book Description
O Municipio de Campo Grande em 1922
Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 814
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The History of Agriculture and the Environment
Author: Douglas Helms
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Publisher: PEDRO ARTURO ROJAS ARENAS
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Publisher: PEDRO ARTURO ROJAS ARENAS
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description