Before the flood : the Itaipu Dam and the visibility of rural Brazil / Jacob Blanc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanc, Jacob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Itaipu (Power plant).

Itaipu (Power plant)--Political aspects.

Dams--Brazil.

Dams.

Brazil.

Land reform--Brazil.

Land reform.

Physical Description:

xvi, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2019.

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: Ava -Guarani lands and the construction of indigeneity

The last political prisoner: borderland elites and the twilight of military rule

Men-kim: if it seems appropriate based on the chapter contents, please suggest a gender-

Neutral alternative (or at least ask the author to consider changing it). Thanks! CS 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Blanc, Jacob, author. Before the flood

ISBN:

9781478004295

1478004290

9781478004899

1478004894

OCLC:

1096214926