Amazonia : territorial struggles on perennial frontiers / Paul E. Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, Paul E. (Paul Elliott), 1953-

Series:

Center books in natural history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Amazon River Valley--History.

Human ecology.

History.

Amazon River Valley--Economic conditions.

Amazon River Valley.

Economic conditions.

Human ecology--Brazil--Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará).

Brazil--Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará).

Human ecology--Ecuador--Aguarico River Valley.

Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará, Brazil)--Economic conditions.

Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará, Brazil).

Aguarico River Valley (Ecuador)--Economic conditions.

Aguarico River Valley (Ecuador).

Amazon River Valley--Economic conditions--20th century.

Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará, Brazil)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Aguarico River Valley (Ecuador)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Ecuador--Aguarico River Valley.

Local Subjects:

Amazon River Valley--Economic conditions--20th century.

Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará, Brazil)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Aguarico River Valley (Ecuador)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

xv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001]

Summary:

This text chronicles centuries of territorial disputes in Amazonia. It describes the factors that have created two unique biophysical and political environments at opposite ends of the rain forest.

Contents:

Invading indigenous homelands : historical frontiers in Amazonia to 1950

Taming the jungle : development cosmographies in Amazonia, 1945-1995

Saving the rainforest : environmental cosmographies in Amazonia, 1970-1999

Disputing territorial claims : contemporary frontiers in Amazonia during the 1990s

Conclusion : Amazonian territoriality today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-280) and index.

ISBN:

0801866618

OCLC:

45575557