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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanc, Jacob, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Itaipu (Power plant).

Itaipu (Power plant)--Political aspects.

Dams--Brazil.

Dams.

Brazil.

Land reform--Brazil.

Land reform.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Blanc, Jacob. Before the flood.

ISBN:

9781478005322

1478005327

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Restricted for use by site license.