| Description |
xviii, 205 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Brazilian Indian policy: an historical overview -- The economic history of the Brazilian Amazon, 1940-1970 -- Development plans in the postwar period -- The significance of the military coup of 1964 -- Contemporary Indian policy in Brazil, 1970-1975 -- The Villas Boas brothers and Indian policy in Brazil -- Pacification expeditions along the Trans-Amazon highway network -- The invasion of the Aripuana Indian Park -- Indian policy and the Amazon mining frontier -- The social and ecological effects of the Polamazonia Program, 1975 to 1979 -- The rise of agribusiness in Brazil -- The deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon -- The Amazon Basin: implication for U.S. foreign policy in Brazil |
| Summary |
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. -- Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Brazil Economic conditions 1945- |
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Human ecology Amazon River Valley |
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Indians of South America Brazil Government relations |
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Brazil Amazon River Basin South American Indians Effects of government policies on economic development to 1975 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index |
| Performer |
ISBN 0-521-29246-8 Pbk : £3.75 |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Amazon River Valley.
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Human ecology -- Brazil -- Amazon River Valley.
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Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Government relations.
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| SUBJECT |
Amazon River Valley -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114171
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Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016536
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Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1964.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016535
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| LC no. |
77005132 |
| ISBN |
0521217385 |
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0521292468 |
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9780521217385 |
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9780521292467 |
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