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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.
• List of illustrations — List of tables — Acknowledgments — The journey to acre — The expansion of cattle raising in acre — Ruminations on cattle economies and cattle cultures — Ideologies of nature and human-environment interactions — The ranchers: smooth hands, progress, and production — The city and the contri — Here’s the beef: symbol, sustenance, and hamburger connections — Rubber-tapper and colonist transitions : environment, practice, and identity — The appropriation of cattle culture : perceptions, behaviors, and methodological considerations — The full picture — Appendix A. Social groups and research area — Appendix B. Methods and data — Appendix C. Levels of agreement among social groups — Works cited — Index.
• The opening of the Amazon to colonization in the 1970s brought cattle, land conflict, and widespread deforestation. In the remote state of Acre, Brazil, rubber tappers fought against migrant ranchers to preserve the forest they relied on, and in the process, these ‘forest guardians’ showed the world that it was possible to unite forest livelihoods and environmental preservation. Nowadays, many rubber tappers and their children are turning away from the forest-based lifestyle they once sought to protect and are becoming cattle-raisers or even caubois (cowboys). Rainforest cowboys is the first book to examine the social and cultural forces driving the expansion of Amazonian cattle raising in all of their complexity. Drawing on eighteen months of fieldwork, Jeffrey Hoelle shows how cattle raising is about much more than beef production or deforestation in Acre, even among ‘carnivorous’ environmentalists, vilified ranchers, and urbanites with no land or cattle. He contextualizes the rise of ranching in relation to political economic structures and broader meanings to understand the spread of ‘cattle culture’. This culture-centered vision of rural life builds on local experiences and influences from across the Americas and even resembles East African cultural practices. Written in broadly accessible and interdisciplinary style, Rainforest Cowboys is essential reading for a global audience interested in understanding the economic and cultural features of cattle raising, deforestation, and the continuing tensions between conservation and development in the Amazon. –Back cover.

Subjects:

• Beef cattle — Environmental aspects — Brazil — Acre.
• Ranching — Environmental aspects — Brazil — Acre.
• Deforestation — Brazil — Acre.
• Human ecology — Brazil — Acre.
• Brazil — Acre. fast (OCoLC)fst01209954

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• Introduction: Welcome to Iowa — The coldest morning — A perfect addition — Dewey Readmore Books — A day in the library — Catnip and rubber bands — Moneta — Grand Avenue — A cat’s best friends — Dewey and Jodi — A long way from home — Hide-and-seek — Christmas — A great library — Dewey’s great escape — Spencer’s favorite cat — Iowa’s famous library cat — Dewey in the modern world — Puss in books — The world’s worst eater — Dewey’s new friends — What makes us special? — Dewey goes to Japan — Memories of Mom — Dewey’s diet — The meeting — Dewey’s love — Loving Dewey — Epilogue: Last thoughts from Iowa.
• The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.
• The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.–From publisher description.
• The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.

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• Dewey (Cat)
• Cats — Iowa — Spencer — Biography.

Requested by Benson, A.

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• Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.
• Senses on fire — The animals’ advocate — What is autism? — Different but happy — Trial by teasing — Hampshire School for Wayward Wizards — Animals saved me — Scientist at work — No girls allowed — Humane by design — To hell and back — The other half of the solution — Temple today.
• An authorized portrait about Grandin’s life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother.

Subjects:

• Grandin, Temple — Juvenile literature.
• Animal scientists — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Animal specialists — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Women animal specialists — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Autistic people — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Animal welfare — United States — Juvenile literature.
• Livestock — Handling — United States — Juvenile literature.
• Livestock — Housing — United States — Juvenile literature.
• Grandin, Temple.
• Animal scientists.
• Animal specialists.
• Women animal specialists.
• Autistic people.
• Women — Biography.
• Animal welfare.
• Livestock — Handling.
• Livestock — Housing.

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