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Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier
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Author : Robert R. Schneider
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1995
Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier written by Robert R. Schneider and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
World Bank Environment Paper No. 11.Addresses issues of local governance in frontier economies in relation to environmental and political sustainability. Covers problems of mining, farming, and disincentives.
Amazon Frontier
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Author : John Hemming
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Amazon Frontier written by John Hemming and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Social Science categories.
The defeat of the Indian tribes of Brazil is one of the great tragedies of Europe's involvement in South America. John Hemming's highly acclaimed 'Red Gold' told of the early conquest of the Indians by European settlers; 'Amazon Frontier' continues the tale. In 1755, after two hundred years of missionary control and appalling abuse by colonial settlers, the Portuguese governement issued legislation freeing the tribes. But the promised freedom proved to be an illusion: relaesed from the power of the Jesuits who had exploited them, the Indians now suffered even greater oppression at the hands of lay directors. As the colonial frontier pushed westwards into the immense territory of Brazil, stretching from the pampas of Uruguay to the rainforests of Amazonia, the Indians struggled to presserve their independence and their customs. Some tribes fought heroically, but their resistance was in vain; others tried to accommodate the advancing frontier, but were unable to withstand the profund cultural shock; a few, protected by impenetrable forests and rapid-infested rivers, survived with their cultures intact. Decimated by battle and imported disease, and deeply demoralised, the Indians were defeated, stripped of their traditional way of life and of their homelands. 'Amazon Frontier' covers the period from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth century - a time which saw Brazil gain independence and change from an isolated colonial outpost to a modern nation, its economy transformed by coffee exports and the great Amazon rubber boom. It was also a time when naturalists flooded into Brazil, drawn by the environmental riches of its plains, forests and rivers, and when alongside the exploiters of Indians came philanthroposts and anthropologists enchanted by tribal cultures, authors romanticising the 'noble savage', and politicians and administrators agonising over the problem of turning the Indians into settled labourers. The first book to explore this vast subject, 'Amazon Frontier' is based on the extensive research from original sources that has made John Hemming the leading authority in his field. A moving and stirring book, it is the definitive account of a fascinating period of history.
Frontier Making In The Amazon
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Author : Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-21
Frontier Making In The Amazon written by Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-21 with Science categories.
This book discusses the outcomes of more than ten years of research in the southern tracts of the Amazon region, and addresses the expansion of the agricultural frontier, consolidation of the agribusiness-based economy, and expansion of regional infrastructure (roads, dams, urban centres, etc). It combines extensive empirical evidence with the international literature on frontier-making and regional Amazonian development, and adopts a critical politico-geographical perspective that will benefit scholars in various other disciplines. This book is intended to push the current theoretical and methodological boundaries regarding the controversies and impacts of agribusiness in the region. A new international scientific network, led by the author, is investigating the broader context of the themes analysed here.
Frontier Road
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Author : Simón Uribe
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-07-24
Frontier Road written by Simón Uribe and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-24 with Science categories.
Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia—known locally as “the trampoline of death”—to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive zones, often through violent means. Considers the topic from multiple perspectives, including ethnography of the state, the dynamics of frontiers, and the nature of postcolonial power, space, and violence Draws attention to the political, environmental, and racial dynamics involved in the history and development of transport infrastructure in the Amazon region Examines the violence that has sustained the state through time and space, as well as the ways in which ordinary people have made sense of and contested that violence in everyday life Incorporates a broad range of engaging sources, such as missionary and government archives, travel writing, and oral histories
The Last New World
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Author : Mac Margolis
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1992
The Last New World written by Mac Margolis and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Amazon River Region categories.
An account of the toll of frontier conquest on the Amazon describes how economic development has affected settlers, Indians, foresters, and wildlife in the region
Man And Fisheries On An Amazon Frontier
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Author : M. Goulding
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Man And Fisheries On An Amazon Frontier written by M. Goulding and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Science categories.
The southwestern Amazon basin, centering on the Territory of Rondönia and the State of Acre, is symbolically if not exactly geographically, the Wild Wild West of Brazil's northern rainforest fron tier. In Brazil the name Rondönia evokes exaggerated images of lawlessness, land feuding, and indigent peasants in search of a homestead. Despite the problems and the perception, the region has pushed ahead, in the view of the govern ment, with large-scale deforestation and the establishment of cattle ranches and agricultural farms raising manioc, rice, bananas, and other cash crops. The mining industry has been launched with the exploitation oftin stone, and the recent gold rush has attracted thousands of miners that are sifting alluvial deposits along the rivers for the precious ore. In an energy-short world, the region boasts of its large hydroelectric potential waiting development in the rivers falling off the Brazilian Shield and draining into the Rio Madeira. Planners are optimistic that Rondönia's resources, once developed, will more than justify, at least in this corner of the rainforest frontier, the Economic Conquest ofthe Amazon. Sandwiched between the economic take-off and the dream, however, are the biological resources - the plants and animals - that must serve as sources of energy and food until human dominated ecosystems replace naturaiones. These resources are, ofnecessity, being heavily attacked to support the shaky economy of the region, but they are very poorly understood in terms of potential productivity and proper management.
Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier
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Author : Robert R. Schneider
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1995
Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier written by Robert R. Schneider and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
World Bank Environment Paper No. 11.Addresses issues of local governance in frontier economies in relation to environmental and political sustainability. Covers problems of mining, farming, and disincentives.
The Last Frontier
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Author : Sue Branford
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 1985
The Last Frontier written by Sue Branford and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Amazon River Region categories.
Traces the violent arrival of capitalism in the Amazon region. After describing the original Indian population, the rise and fall of the rubber boom, and the slow influx of peasant families, explains how the military government encouraged powerful economic groups to move in and set up huge cattle ranches; describes the violent clashes between the companies and the peasant farmers, the suffering of the Indians, and the mounting ecological damage; reports extensively on two serious conflicts.
Associations In Emergent Communities At The Amazon Forest Frontier Mato Grosso
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Author : Luciene Dias Figueiredo
language : en
Publisher: IIED
Release Date : 2006
Associations In Emergent Communities At The Amazon Forest Frontier Mato Grosso written by Luciene Dias Figueiredo and has been published by IIED this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business enterprises categories.
A broad arch of deforestation spans the lower Brazilian Amazon, cutting through the State of Mato Grosso. The forceful expansion of soybean plantations led by global markets is displacing family farms or incorporating them into out-growing schemes. Commodity plantations are pushing cattle ranching further into the forests. Logging is also opening up new access at the frontier. As associations endeavor to strengthen the voice of marginalized groups their role and functions continue to evolve. This report analyses eight active associations along the BR 163 highway in Mato Grosso. It assesses the factors that have allowed them to function and spread benefits to the poor. It also identifies the types of external support that have proven useful.
Titles Conflict And Land Use
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Author : Lee J. Alston
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1999-07-14
Titles Conflict And Land Use written by Lee J. Alston and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-14 with Business & Economics categories.
DIVDescribes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective /div