White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920

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...

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Autor principal: Córdoba, Lorena Isabel
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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CAUCHO
AMAZONAS
Bolivia
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/12831
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic CAUCHO
AMAZONAS
Bolivia
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AMAZONAS
Bolivia
Córdoba, Lorena Isabel
White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
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AMAZONAS
Bolivia
description 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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title White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
title_short White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
title_full White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
title_fullStr White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
title_full_unstemmed White blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the Bolivian Amazon, 1870–1920
title_sort white blood, black gold : the commodification of wild rubber in the bolivian amazon, 1870–1920
publisher Oxford University Press
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