Amazonian Caboclo Society: An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy

by Stephen Nugent

Overview

Amazonian Caboclo Society is concerned with peasant society in Brazilian Amazonia. Most anthropological work in Amazonia has focused on Indian groups, and caboclos (peasants of mixed ancestry) have generally been regarded as relics of the haphazard development of Amazonia and have received little serious attention. This volume aims to analyze the reasons for the relative 'invisibility' of caboclo society. It traces the development of caboclo societies and argues that much of the current discussion of 'sustainable development' fails to recognize the important legacy of historical caboclo society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780854967568
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/1993
Series:	Explorations in Anthropology
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)

About the Author

Stephen Nugent Lecturer in Anthropology,University of London

Table of Contents

Part 1 Caboclos Out of History, 1. Introduction, 2. Invisible Caboclos Visible Nature, Part 2 Caboclos in History,
4. Santarém and the ‘Failure’ of Transamazônica, 5. Exploring Santareno Identity : Kinship, Domestic Groups and Social Organization 6. Petty Commodity Production and Formal Subsumption : Caboclo Peasants 7. Merchant Capital, Social Reproduction and Blockage 8. Maintaining the Image of Sustainable Development

Editorial Reviews

Stephen Nugent's brilliant book explores the changing nature of the invisibility of Amazonian caboclo society...should be required reading for anyone interested in Amazonia, contemporary peasant formations, and debates surrounding development and under-development.” —American Anthropologist

“...always intelligent, often witty, and at times acerbic. Amazonianists will enjoy Nugent's trenchant, often unconventional, treatment of the accepted wisdom of diverse fields. Other anthropologists will appreciate his willingness to discuss Amazonian ethnography in the context of wider social theory.' MAN 'Nugent's book is undoubtedly an important contribution to the study of Amazonian peasant societies.” —Dan Rosengren, Goteborg University, Ethnos

From the Publisher

...always intelligent, often witty, and at times acerbic. Amazonianists will enjoy Nugent's trenchant, often unconventional, treatment of the accepted wisdom of diverse fields. Other anthropologists will appreciate his willingness to discuss Amazonian ethnography in the context of wider social theory.' MAN 'Nugent's book is undoubtedly an important contribution to the study of Amazonian peasant societies.

Dan Rosengren

Stephen Nugent's brilliant book explores the changing nature of the invisibility of Amazonian caboclo society...should be required reading for anyone interested in Amazonia, contemporary peasant formations, and debates surrounding development and under-development.

American Anthropologist