questions on Dr. Jeffrey Hoelle’s book Rainforest Cowboys
Please write up to 1000 words (2 single spaced pages) on each of these questions on Dr. Jeffrey Hoelle’s book Rainforest Cowboys. Answers should be in the form of an essay with an intro, main body, and conclusion. If you refer to other sources of information outside of Dr. Hoelle’s book, please cite it. If you refer to specific information from the book, please add page numbers (p. xxx) in the text.
Three groups of people – tappers, ranchers, and farmers – each have different ideas and histories of cattle raising in the region discussed in Rainforest Cowboys. Please address the following questions:[unique_solution]
- How does each group (tappers, ranchers, farmers) use cattle differently? What historic factors play into the use of cattle for each group, and how can you see this on the landscape (i.e. the spatial manifestations of different types of cattle raising – think large ranches, deforestation, integration into existing farms, etc.)? Give examples from the book.
- How does each group (tappers, ranchers, farmers) identify with “cattle culture”, and what materials (stuff) do they share? Give examples from the book.
- Think about the relationship between individuals of each group (tappers, ranchers, farmers) and cattle. How do people see and interact with cattle alive and dead (as friends, pets, commodities, food)? Give examples from the book.