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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Oxford University Press
2021
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| Sumario: | 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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