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Civilized people in uncivilized places : rubber, race, and civilization during the Amazonian rubber boom
Imperial Europe’s relationship with the tropical world was characterized by intrigue and fascination combined with a fear of difference. This combined intrigue and fear developed over time into a set of stereotypes and myths about the tropics, which by the 19th century had solidified into a …