Books by Stephen Nugent

"Nugent offers the first in-depth historical anthropology of the most widely recognised feature of the Amazonian region - the dramatic rise and fall of the Amazon rubber industry"--

Tracing the development of caboclo societies and arguing that much of the discussion of 'sustainable development' fails to recognize the important legacy of historical caboclo society, this book aims to analyze the reasons for the relative 'invisibility' of caboclo society. It is concerned with peasant society in Brazilian Amazonia.

Critiques the claims of authoritativeness inherent in visual images presented by anthropologists of Amazon life in the early 20th century and compares them with the images found in books, movies, and posters. This book depicts the field of anthropology as its own form of culture industry and contrasts it to other similar industries.