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Cattle in the Backlands: Mato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics

By Robert W. Wilcox
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By Robert W. Wilcox
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Henry A. Wallace Award, The Agricultural History Society, 2018

Brazil has the second-largest cattle herd in the world and is a major exporter of beef. While ranching in the Amazon-and its destructive environmental consequences-receives attention from both the media and scholars, the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul actually host the most cattle. A significant beef producer in Brazil beginning in the late nineteenth century, the region served as a laboratory for raising cattle in...

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