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With broadax and firebrand [electronic resource] : the destruc tion of the Brazilian Atlantic forest / Warren Dean.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997, c1995.Edition: 1st pbk. printingDescription: xx, 482 p. : maps ; 23 cmSubject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
The forest evolves -- Humans invade: the first wave -- Huma ns invade: the second wave -- Estrangement: depopulation and the reg rown forest -- Gold and diamonds, ants and cattle -- Science disc overs the forest -- The forest under Brazilian rule -- Coffee dis possesses the forest -- Instruments of devastation -- Speculation and conservation -- Industrial nomadism, predatory industrialism -- The development imperative -- Unsustainable developments -- G etting it off the paper -- The value of bare ground.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-440) and index.

The forest evolves -- Humans invade: the first wave -- Huma ns invade: the second wave -- Estrangement: depopulation and the reg rown forest -- Gold and diamonds, ants and cattle -- Science disc overs the forest -- The forest under Brazilian rule -- Coffee dis possesses the forest -- Instruments of devastation -- Speculation and conservation -- Industrial nomadism, predatory industrialism -- The development imperative -- Unsustainable developments -- G etting it off the paper -- The value of bare ground.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2004. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the An drew W. Mellon Foundation.

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