Shawn Van Ausdal2026-03-222026-03-22201810.1017/s0022216x18000573https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x18000573https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/66815Robert W. Wilcox, Cattle in the Backlands: Mato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2017), pp. xviii + 323, $45.00; £39.00, hb - Volume 50 Issue 3enTropicsGeographyForestryArchaeologyEnvironmental ethicsHumanitiesRobert W. Wilcox, Cattle in the Backlands: Mato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2017), pp. xviii + 323, $45.00; £39.00, hbarticle