In search of the Amazon : Brazil, the United States, and the nature of a region

Seth Garfield

Border and progress : the Amazon and the estado novo -- "The quicksands of untrustworthy supply" : U.S. rubber dependency and the lure of the Amazon -- Rubber's "soldiers" : reinventing the Amazonian worker -- The environment of northeastern migration to the Amazon : landscapes, labor, and love -- War in the Amazon : struggles over resources and images -- Epilogue: From wartime soldiers to green guerrillas

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Garfield, Seth W.
Publisher:	Durham, NC [u.a.] : Duke Univ. Press
Subject:	Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen \| International economic relations \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history \| Kautschukmarkt \| Rubber market \| Gummiindustrie \| Rubber industry \| Kriegswirtschaft \| War economy \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Nationale Sicherheit \| National security \| Amazonasgebiet \| Amazon region \| Brasilien \| Brazil \| USA \| United States
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Extent:	XIII, 343 S. Ill., Kt.
Series:	American encounters / Global interactions
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Border and progress : the Amazon and the estado novo"The quicksands of untrustworthy supply" : U.S. rubber dependency and the lure of the Amazon -- Rubber's "soldiers" : reinventing the Amazonian worker -- The environment of northeastern migration to the Amazon : landscapes, labor, and love -- War in the Amazon : struggles over resources and images -- Epilogue: From wartime soldiers to green guerrillas.
ISBN:	978-0-8223-5571-7 ; 978-0-8223-5585-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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