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List A: Readily Available Works
(1) Natural History
*Tropical Nature, by Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miata, Macmillan Publishing
Company, 1984
*Neotropical Companion, Kricher, Princeton University Press, 1990
(2) Field Guides
*# Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, Emmons, Louise H. 1997, University
of Chicago Press
*#A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela, Schauensee, R.M. & Phelps,
W.H. Jr 1978, Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press. (Best guide in
English to the birds of the Eastern Amazon)
(3) General Guides
Insight Guides: Amazon Wildlife, APA Publications (HK), Ltd.,
1992
The Amazon: Past, Present, and Future, Gheerbrant, Alain, Discoveries
Series, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
(4) Travels
*#White Waters and Black, MacCreagh, Gordon, University of Chicago
Press, Chicago 1985 (first published 1926)
*# The Naturalist on the River Amazons, Bates, Henry Walter, Penguin
Books, first edition 1863, (paperback edition 1989)
List B: Comprehensive
Reading
1. Children's Publications
# The Great Kapok Tree, Cherry, Lynne, 1990, Orlando, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich
The Tropical Rainforest, George, Jean Craighead, Crowell, 1990
Color the Rainforest, Living Planet Press, 1990
2. Accounts of Amazon Travels
*# The Naturalist on the River Amazons, Bates, Henry Walter, Penguin
Books, first edition 1863, (paperback edition 1989)
# In Trouble Again, O’Hanlon, Redmond, 1988, New York, The
Atlantic Monthly Press
Jacques Cousteau’s Amazon Journey, Cousteau, Jacques,1984,
New York, Harry Abrams, Inc. Publishers
#Brazilian Adventure, Fleming, Peter, 1961, Boston, Houghton Mifflin
Company
Amazon, Kelly and London, 1983, Holt, Rhinhart, and Winston
*#White Waters and Black, MacCreagh, Gordon, University of Chicago
Press, Chicago 1985 (first published 1926)
*#The Rivers Amazon, Shoumatoff, Alex, 1978, Sierra Club Books,
San Francisco
The Cloud Forest, Peter Matthiessen, 1961
Los Passos Perdidos, Allejo Carpentier, A good novel in Spanish
about the Amazon
3. Tropical Forest Descriptions
*# Rio Negro, Rich Life in Poor Water, Goulding Michael, SPB Academic
Publishing, 1988, ISBN 90-5103-016-9
*# Tropical Nature, Forsyth, Adrian, 1984, Macmillan Publishing
Company
*# Neotropical Companion, Kricher, Princeton University Press,
1990
*# A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, Wallace,
Russell Alfred, 1853, London, Reeve and Co. (Dover reprint 1889
edition)
*# The High Frontier, Moffett, Mark, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993
4. Rainforest Issues
# Alternatives to Deforestation, Anderson, Anthony, ed., Columbia
University Press, New York, 1990
*# In the Rain Forest, Caufield, Catherine, U. of Chicago Press,
1984
*# The Fate of the Forest, Hecht, Susanna., Verso Publ, 1989
*# The Primary Source: Tropical Forests and Our Future, Myers,
Norman, 1984, New York, W.W. Norton Press
# The Deluge and the Ark, Peterson, Dale. 1989, Houghton Mifflin
Company
*# The World is Burning, Shoumatoff, Alex, Avon Books, New York,
1990
* Dreams of Amazonia, Stone, Roger D., Penguin Travel Series,
1985
5. Selected Works on The Philosophyof
Conservation and the Natural World
*# The Maine Woods, Thoreau, Henry D., Penguin Books, New York,
1988 [This account of the state of the north american northeastern
forest in the 19th century is comparable to current state of Amazonias
forests.]
#Naturalist, Edward Wilson, Island Press, Washington DC, 1994
*# Encounters with the Archdruid, McPhee, John, 1971, (paperback,
1990, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
*# Walden, Thoreau, Henry D., (paperback ed., 1971), Princeton
University Press, Princeton
*# Biophilia, Wilson, E.O., 1984, Harvard University Press, Cambridge
*#Triste Tropiques, Claude Levi-Strauss, 1992
6. Field Guides
*# Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, Emmons, Louise H. 1997, University
of Chicago Press
*# A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela, Schauensee, R.M. & Phelps,
W.H. Jr 1978, Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press. (Best guide in
English to the birds of the Eastern Amazon)
#Latin American Insects and Entomology, Charles Hogue, University
of California Press, Berkely, 1993
*Birds of Tropical America, Hilty, Steve, Chapters Publishing
Ltd., Shelborne, Vermont, 1994
South American Birds: A Photographic Aid to Identification, John
S. Dunning, 1987
South American Land Birds, Dunning,
*Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon, Castner,
Timmme, and Duke, Feline Press, 1998, Gainesville
*A Guide to the Birds of Columbia, Steven Hilty and William Brown,
1986
*A Guide to the Birds of South America, Schauensee,
Insects of an Amazon Forest, Penny, Norman D. and Arias, Jorge
R., Columbia University Press, 1982, New York
Nomes Vulgaris de Plantas Amazonicas, Marlene Freitas da Silva,
Pedro Luiz Braga Lisboa, Regina Celia Lobato Lisboa, Instituto
Nacional Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, 1977
A Complete Introduction to Tarantulas, David, Al, THF Publications,
Neptune City, New Jersey, 1987
The Piranha Book, E. Myers, George, THF Publications, Neptune
City, New Jersey, 1972
Birds in Brazil, Sick, Helmut, Princeton University Press, Princeton
New Jersey, 1993
Bird Families, Joselyn van Tyne; , ,
Mammals of the World , Walker, (in two volumes, a good way to
learn mammal families)
Butterflies of South America, D’Abrera, Bernard, Hill House,
1984
Exotic Tropical Fishes, Axelrod, Herbert, R., T.F.H. Publications,
Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey, 1985
Snakes of the World, Mattison, Chris, Facts on File Publications,
New York, 1986
Tropical Forests and Their Crops, Smith, Nigel, J.H.,Comstock
Publishing Associates, Ithaca, New York, 1992
Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, Jobling, James A, Oxford
University Press, 1992
7. Intoduction to Amazon Studies and
Tropical Ecology
*Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Mabberley, D.J., 2nd Edition, Blackie
& Son Ltd., London 1992
*An Introduction to Tropical Rainforests, Whitmore, T.C., Oxford
University Press, New York, 1990
Land, People and Planning in Contemporary Amazonia, Barbira-Scazzocchio,
F. (ed.) 1980, Cambridge U. Press, Occasional Publ. No.3, Centre
of Latin American Training.
The Uncertain Future of the Tropics, Janzen, D. 1972, Natural
History, vol 81:80-90
Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise; Meggers,
B.J. 1971, Chicago, Aldine Publ. Co.
* The Beak of the Finch, Jonathan Weiner, Alfred Knopf, New York,
1994 [an excellent outline of the processes of biological evolution]
The Diversity of Life, Edward O. Wilson, The Belknap Press of
Harvard University, Cambridge, 1992
8. Geography of the Amazon
Amazonia, Key Environments, Prance, G.T. & Lovejoy, T.E. (eds.),
Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press
The Amazon River of Brazil, Sternberg, H.O.R., 1975; Geographische
Zeit, 40: 1-75
9. History and Natural History of the Brazilian Amazon
*# The Naturalist on the River Amazons, Bates, Henry Walter, Penguin
Books, first edition 1863, (paperback edition 1989)
# Red Gold: the Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, Hemming, J.
1987, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press
*# The Discovery of the Amazon, Medina, J.T. ed., 1988, New York,
Dover Publications,
# Through the Brazilian Wilderness, Roosevelt, Theodore. 1914,
New York.
*# A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, Wallace,
Russel Alfred, 1853, London, Reeve and Co. (Dover reprint 1889
edition)
# The Amazon Rubber Boom 1850-1920, Weinstein, B. 1983, Stanford,
Stanford Univ. Press
Explorers of the Amazon, Smith, Anthony, 1990, Viking Penguin,
Inc., New York
10. Development and the Peoples of
the Brazilian Amazon
Before the Bulldozer, The Nambiquara Indians and the World Bank,
David Price, Seven Locks Press
Green Hell: Massacre of the Brazilian Indians, Bodard, L; 1972,
New York, Outerbridge and Deinstfrey.
Assault on the Amazon, Bourne, R. 1978, London, Victor Gollancz
Ltd.
Tribes of the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Brooks, E.; Furerst,R.,
Hemming, J. & Huxley, F., 1973, London, C. Knight
The Impact of Deforestation on Present Communities in the Medio
Amazonas of Brazil, Bunker, S.G. 1981, Studies in Third World
Societies, 13: 45-60
* People of the Tropical Rain Forest, Denslow, J.S. & Padoch,
C. 1988, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London, U. of Cal Press,
with the Smithsonian Institution
Victims of the Miracle: Development and the Indians of Brazil,
Davis, S. 1977, .
Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians, Haines, R. B. & Vickers,
W. T (eds.)1983, New York, Academic Press
A Question of Survival for the Indians of Brazil, Hanbury-Tenison,
R. 1973, London, Angus and Robertson
Developing the Amazon, Moran, E.F. 1981, Bloomington, Indiana,
Indiana Univ. Press
The Dilemma of Amazonian Development, Moran, E.F. (ed.) 1984,
Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press
Development, Integration and the Ethnic Integrity of Brazilian
Indians In: Land, People and Planning in Contemporary Amazonia,
Ramos, A.R. 1980, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, Occas. Publ.3,
Centre of Latin American Studies
Rain Forest Corridors, The Transamazon Colonization Scheme, Smith,
N.J.H. 1982, Berkeley, Univ. of Cal Press
Bound in Misery and Iron: the impact of the Grande Carajas Programme
on the Indians of Brazil, Treece, D. London, Survival International
Amazon Town: A Study of Man in the Tropics, Wagley, C.,1953, London,
Oxford & New York, Oxford Univ Press.
Welcome of Tears; The Tapirape’ Indians of Central Brazil,
Wagley, C., 1977, New York, Oxford University Press
Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American
Rainforest, Florinda Donner, 1992
11. Ecology and Development in the
Brazilian Amazon
Underdeveloping the Amazon-Extraction, Unequal exchange and the
failure of the Modern State, Bunker, S.G. 1985, Urbana and Chicago,
Univ. of Illinois Press
Development Alternatives in the Brazilian Amazon: an Ecological
Evaluation, Fearnside, P.M. 1983, Interciencia, 8(2):65-78
Settlement in Rondonia and the Token Role of Science and Technology
in Brazil’s Amazonian Development Planning, Fearnside, P.M.
1986, Interciencia, 11(5);
Human Carrying Capacity of the Brazilian Rain Forest, Fearnside,
P.M. 1986, New York, Columbia Univ. Press
Brazil’s Environmental Progress in Amazonian Development;
in: Hemming, J. (ed.) Change in the Amazon Basin, Goodland, R.J.A.,
1983, Manchester Univ Press. 2 Vols
Tropical Forest Ecosystems in Africa and South America: A Comparative
Review, Meggers, B.J.; Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. 1973,
Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press
The Dilemma of Amazonian Development, Moran, E. (ed.) 1983, Boulder,
Colo., Westview Press
12. Deforestation, Agro-ecosystems,
Agronomy and Land Tenure in the Amazon
The Effects of Slash and Burn Agriculture on Plant Nutrients in
the Tertiary Region of South America, Brinkman, W.L.F. & Nascimento,
J.C. de. 1973, Turrialba, 23(3): 284-290
Brazil’s Export Promotion Policy (1980-1984): Impacts on
the Amazon’s Industrial Wood Sector, Browder, J.O. 1987,
jour. Develop. Areas, 21:285-304
Why Save Tropical Rain Forests? Some Arguments for Campaigning
Conservationists, Budowski, G. 1976, Amazoniana, 4:529-538
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: How fast is it Occurring?
Fearnside, P.M. 1982, Interciencia, 7(2): 82-88
Land Use Trends in the Brazilian Amazon as Factors n Accelerating
Deforestation, Fearnside, P.M. 1983, Environmental Conservation,
10(2): 141-148
Environmental Change and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,
in: Hemming, J. (ed.) Change in the Amazon Basin, Fearnside, P.M.
1985, Manchester Univ. Press. 2 vols
Deforestation and Increased Flooding of the Upper Amazon, Gentry,
A.H. & Parodi, J. 1980, Science, 210: 1354-1356
# Cattle Ranching in Amazonia: Political and Ecological Considerations,
Hect, S.B. 1984, in: Schmink, M. & Woods C.H., (eds.) Frontier
Expansion in Amazonia, Gainesville, Univ of Florida Press, p366-398
Large-scale Deforestation in the Southeastern Amazon Basin of
Brazil, Malingreau, J.P., 1988, Ambios, 17(1): 49-55
Agricultural Alternatives for the Amazon Basin, Nicholaides, J.J.
111 et al. 1985, BioScience, 35(5); 279-285
Tropical Deforestation & Genetic Resources Conservation, Oldfield,
M.L. 1981, Studies in Third World Societies, 14:277-345
# Social Change in the Garimpo, In: Hemming, J.(ed) The Frontier
After a Decade of Colonization, Change in the Amazon Basin, Schmink,
M. 1985, Manchester, Manchester Univ. Press, Vol 2, p185-199
Anthosols and Human Carrying Capacity in Amazonia, Smith, N.J.H.
1980, Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geogr., 70(4): 553-566
Colonization Lessons from a Tropical Forest, Smith, N.J.H. 1981,
Science, 214:755-761
A Disturbing Synergism Between Cattle Ranch Burning Practices
and Selective Tree Harvesting in the Eastern Amazon, Uhl, C. &
Bushbacker, r. 1985, Biotropica, 17:265-268
13. Species Preservation and the Issue
of Extinction
Disappearing Species: The Social Challenge, Eckholm, E. 1978,
Washington, Worldwatch Institute, Worldwatch Paper, No.22
Ecological Dynamics of Tropical Forest Fragments, p377-384, in:
Tropical Rain Forest: Ecology and Management, Lovejoy, T.E. 1983,
Special publ. No. 2, British Ecol. Soc. Oxford, Blackwell
*# The Deluge and the Ark, Peterson, Dale, 1989, Houghton Mifflin
Company,
The Amazon Forest: A Natural Heritage to be Preserved, Pires,
J.M. & Prance, G.T. 1977, p 158-194, in: Prance, G.T. &
Chadwick, A.C. (eds.), Extinction is Forever: The Status of Threatened
and Endangered Plants of the Americas, Bronx, New York, New York
Botanical Garden
Speciation Patterns in the Amazonian forest Biota, Simpson, B.B.
& Haffer, J. 1979, , Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 9:497-518
*# Biodiversity, Wilson, E.O. 1988, Washington, National Academy
Press
14. Limnology in the Amazon
Man, Fishes and the Amazon, Smith, Nigel, J.H., 1981, Columbia
University Press, New York
# The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural
History, Goulding, W.M. 1980, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London,
Univ. Calif Press
# Rio Negro, Rich Life in Poor Water-Amazonian diversity and Foodchain
Ecology as Seen Through Fish Communities, Goulding, M.; Carvalho,
M.L. & Ferreira, E.G. 1988, Hague: SPB Academic Publishing,
200p.
# The Amazon: Limnology and Landscape of a Mighty Tropical River
and its Basin, Sioli, H. (ed.) 1984, T Dordrecht, Boston &
Lancaster, Dr. W. Junk Publ.
15. Medicinal Plants of the Amazon
New Directions in Ethnopharmacology, Elisabetsky, E. 1986, Journal
of Ethnobiology, 6(1):121:128
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, Plotkin, Mark, Penguin Books,
New York, 1993
16. The Amazon and World Climate
Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Climate, Dickensen, R.E.
1981, Studies in Third World Societies, 14: 411-441
Nitrogen Conservation in a Tropical Rainforest, Jordan, C.F.,
Todd, R. & Escante, G. 1979, Oecologia, 39: 123-128
Summer Ice and Carbon Dioxide, Kukla, G. & Gavin, J. 1981,
Scientific American, 238(1): 34-43
Global Deforestation: Contribution to Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,
Woodwell, G.W. et al. 1983, Science, 222:1081-1086
17. The Culture of Brazil
The Brazilians, Page, Joseph,
Amazon Nature Tours
Below are two reading lists. The first list
is of some of the most important readily available works of Amazon
natural history and the second is a more complete list broken
down by subject. Books that we are aware of as being available
in paperback are indicated by an asterisk (*). All of the works
listed are important ones, though some that we know to be especially
relevant to our programs are marked by the pound symbol (#).