Abstract
List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary of Spanish Terms Introduction Part 1 : Coming of Age, 1851-1914 1. Paying Preferential Attention: The State and the Rearing of Loreto 2. A Magical Product: The Ecological Basis of the Rubber Economy 3. Having No Other Capital Than Our Personnel: Labor Recruitment and Control 4. Commerce is the Most Powerful Agent: The Hegemonic Role of Merchant Houses 5. Extending its Control: State Regulation and Local Resistance Part 2 : In Search of a New Economic Identity, 1915-1962 6. Kept in the Cruelest Oblivion: Rubber Crisis, State Indifference, and Private Gambles 7. Buyers of All Sorts of Regional Products: Merchant Houses and Export Cycles 8. Purveyors of All Sorts of Regional Products: The Workings of the Fundo/Patrn System 9. Ensuring the Region's Future: State Action and the End of Fundo /Merchant House Dominance Part 3 : The Taming of the Frontier, 1963-1990 10. Amazonia Will Become a Joyous Region: State Planning and Oil Exploration 11. Attempting to Change the Phoenician Mentality: From Trading Elite to Regional Bourgeoisie 12. Without Patrones We Lead a Better Life: The Emancipation of Rural Laborers 13. People Expect the State to Solve Everything: Popular Organization and Regionalist Demands Conclusions Epilogue Appendixes Reference List Index
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