The Amazonian Caboclo and the Acai Palm. Adv Econ Bot (16) NYBG BRAND Professor Sir Ghillean Prance has

Professor Sir Ghillean Prance has gathered in this volume a fascinating and diverse collection of accounts from these experiences

Seven new species and one new variety are described

and Paolo De Luca

For centuries

from every corner of the globe

The Amazonian Caboclo and the Acai Palm. Adv Econ Bot (16) NYBG BRAND Professor Sir Ghillean Prance hasThis remarkable monograph tells the story of the boom in the aa fruit economyfrom a rural staple to a chic health food delicacy in national and international marketsand examines the development of the production systems and commodity chains required to supply the burgeoning demand for this fruit. It also carefully reconsiders the contested and stigmatized history of the social identity of caboclos.