Victims of the Miracle: Development and the Indians of Brazil - Couverture souple

Davis, Shelton

 
9780521292467: Victims of the Miracle: Development and the Indians of Brazil
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521292468 ISBN 13 : 9780521292467
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The Brazilian government's effort to develop the immense Amazon region has created widespread controversy. Written in a clear, nonacademic style, Victims of the Miracle is the first in-depth account by an anthropologist of the social and environmental impact of the Amazon development program. Shelton Davis begins with an examination of the economic history of the Amazon Basin from World War II through the building of the Trans-Amazon Highway in 1970. He then analyzes contemporary Indian policy in Brazil and discusses the effects that highway construction and mining development projects have had on a number of Indian tribes. He also describes the rise of agribusiness in Brazil and the environmental damage caused by the recent deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Brazilian government's effort to develop the immense Amazon region has created widespread controversy. Written in a clear, nonacademic style, Victims of the Miracle is the first in-depth account by an anthropologist of the social and environmental impact of the Amazon development program. Shelton Davis begins with an examination of the economic history of the Amazon Basin from World War II through the building of the Trans-Amazon Highway in 1970. He then analyzes contemporary Indian policy in Brazil and discusses the effects that highway construction and mining development projects have had on a number of Indian tribes. He also describes the rise of agribusiness in Brazil and the environmental damage caused by the recent deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521292468
ISBN 13 
9780521292467
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521217385 ISBN 13 :  9780521217385
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1977
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