With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Author:   Warren Dean ,  Stuart B. Schwartz
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520208865


Pages:   504
Publication Date:   10 April 1997
Format:   Paperback
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With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest


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Author:   Warren Dean ,  Stuart B. Schwartz
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780520208865


ISBN 10:   0520208862
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   10 April 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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List of Maps Foreword by Stuart B. Schwartz Acknowledgments 1 THE FOREST EVOLVES 2 HUMANS INVADE: THE FIRST WAVE 3 HUMANS INVADE: THE SECOND WAVE 4 ESTRANGEMENT: DEPOPULATION AND THE REGROWN FOREST 5 GOLD AND DIAMONDS, ANTS AND CATTLE 6 SCIENCE DISCOVERS THE FOREST 7 THE FOREST UNDER BRAZILIAN RULE 8 COFFEE DISPOSSESSES THE FOREST 9 INSTRUMENTS OF DEVASTATION 10 SPECULATION AND CONSERVATION 11 INDUSTRIAL NOMADISM, PREDATORY INDUSTRIALISM 12 THE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVE 13 UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS 14 GETTING IT OFF THE PAPER 15 THE VALUE OF BARE GROUND Notes Pronouncing Glossary Index

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Warren Dean (1932-1994) was Professor of History at New York University. His books includeThe Industrialization of Sao Paulo (1969), Rio Claro: A Brazilian Plantation System (1976), and The Struggle for Rubber in Brazil (1987). Stuart B. Schwartz is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.

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