Amazonian Caboclo Society: An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy (Explorations in Anthropology) Hardcover – November 23, 1993

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Review “Stephen Nugent's brilliant book explores the changing nature of the invisibility of ian caboclo society...should be required reading for anyone interested in ia, contemporary peasant formations, and debates surrounding development and under-development.” ―American Anthropologist“...always intelligent, often witty, and at times acerbic. ianists will enjoy Nugent's trenchant, often unconventional, treatment of the accepted wisdom of diverse fields. Other anthropologists will appreciate his willingness to discuss ian ethnography in the context of wider social theory.' MAN 'Nugent's book is undoubtedly an important contribution to the study of ian peasant societies.” ―Dan Rosengren, Goteborg University, Ethnos Read more From the Back Cover Traditionally, Non-Indian societies in Brazilian ia - 'caboclo' - are treated by anthropologists as relics of the haphazard development of ia - leftovers of the colonial enterprise and have therefore received little serious attention. This volume attempts to redress this imbalance by looking closely at the encompassing nature of peasant society in Brazilian ia. The first part of the book is concerned with the concept of caboclo as it emerges in anthropological and ianist disclosure. The second examines a historical 'caboclo' society (in Santarem, Para) from a broadly ethnographic viewpoint. Three different modes of peasant livelihood and their relation to the impact of the Trans Highway are then fully discussed, followed by a detailed examination of the 'sustainable- development' thesis using research from another part of ia - the Guama River. Overall, this volume aims to examine the reasons for the relative 'invisibility' of caboclo society and to place it in a historical perspective. Read more See all Editorial Reviews