Manaus

Leo A. Despres is Professor of Anthropology and a Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Cultural Pluralism and Nationalist Politics in British Guiana and editor of and contributor to Ethnicity and Resource Competition in Plural Societies.

"It is very well-written and makes a great contribution to the literature. The bibliography is excellent. There is nothing comparable in Portuguese or English, or on any other tropical forest area in the world that is industrializing." — Paul Aspelin, Cleveland State University

• List of Tables List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Substantive Considerations Theoretical Issues Outline of Chapters 1. Cultural Formations and the Zona Franca The Caboclo Formation The Urban Formation The Zona Franca Migration and Urban Growth 2. The Labor Process: Firms, Enterprises, and Economic Sectors Hegemonic Industries Peripheral Industries The Commercial and Public Sectors The Informal Sector 3. Economic Sectors and the Social Differentiation of Workers The Social Selectivity of Economic Sectors Status Inequalities Intergenerational Patterns of Mobility As Workers View Their Employment Living Work and Economic Sectors 4. The Economy of Households Household Composition and Income Single and Multiple Income Households Food Consumption Consumer Durables 5. Domestic Organization and Household Economy Households and Family Units Status Identities and the Economic Division of Labor The Domain of Domestic Relations 6. Manaus in Transition: Bairros and Vizinhanças Material Dimensions of Urbanization Institutional Changes and Popular Culture Bairros and Vizinhanças 7. Manaus: A Theoretical View of a Microcosm Modes of Production in the Amazon The Marginalization of Producers The Marginalization of Consumers The Empirical Construction of Marginality Global Processes, Microcontexts, and Patterns of Change Notes Bibliography Index