| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: History as seen from the countryside -- Borders, geopolitics, and the forgotten roots of Itaipu -- The project of the century and the battle for public opinion -- The double-reality of abertura: rural experiences of dictatorship and democracy -- Sem Tekohá não há Tekó: Avá-Guarani lands and the construction of indigeneity -- The last political prisoner: borderland elites and the twilight of military rule -- "Men without a country": agrarian resettlement and the strategies of frontier colonization -- Land for those who work it: MASTRO and a new era of agrarian reform in Brazil -- Conclusion: After the flood |
| Summary |
Jacob Blanc examines the creation of the Itaipu Dam--the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world--on the Brazil-Paraguay border during the 1970s and 1980s to explore the long-standing conflicts around land, rights, indigeneity, and identity in rural Brazil |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2019) |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Itaipu (Power plant)
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Itaipu (Power plant) -- Political aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Itaipu (Power plant) fast |
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Dams -- Brazil.
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Land reform -- Brazil
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HISTORY / Latin America / South America
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Dams
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Land reform
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Entwicklungsprojekt
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Guaraní
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Interessenkonflikt
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Sozialgeschichte
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Staudamm
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Wasserwirtschaft
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Widerstand
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Brazil
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Brasilien
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Itaipu
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Paraguay
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019016266 |
| ISBN |
1478005327 |
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9781478005322 |
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