In the Rainforest Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World

Name: In the Rainforest Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World
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ISBN: 9780226097862

ISBN-10: 0226097862

ISBN-13: 9780226097862

Edition: 1986 (Reprint)

Authors: Catherine Caufield

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In the Rainforesttakes us to Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, revealing a colorful and bizarre world where fish live on fruit, spiders prey on birds, and violets grow to the size of apple trees. "I recommendIn the Rainforestas scientific journalism at its best, and [Caufield's] book as the one to read to become informed about the tropical crisis. Caufield traveled the world, went to the difficult places, sometimes beautiful and often dispiriting, mastered the important ideas, and talked to an impressive number of people on all sides of the issues. . . . There are villains in abundance: corrupt government agents who aid in the destruction of native tribes,…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/28/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Rainforests of the World



A Town in Brazil



In the Beginning



Layers



Boundless Fertility



Living in the Forest



Cattle in the Clouds



The Harvest



The End of the Road



Partners in Trade



Trees for the Wood



Pioneers



Fever Bark



Fruits of the Earth



The Flooded Forest



That Ancient Flame


Notes


Bibliography


Afterword


Index