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Marina Silva : defending rainforest communities in Brazil / Ziporah Hildebrandt.
LIBRA SD411.52.S55 H56 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hildebrandt, Ziporah, 1956-
- Series:
- Women changing the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silva, Marina, 1958-.
- Silva, Marina.
- Women conservationists--Brazil--Biography.
- Women conservationists.
- Rain forest conservation--Brazil.
- Rain forest conservation.
- Brazil.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2001.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the life of Marina Silva, Brazilian senator and activist for the defense of rain forest communities, and describes the controversies surrounding rain forest development. Also includes a chronology, a glossary, and a further-reading list.
- Contents:
- Foreword: What Does It Take to Change the World? / Charlotte Bunch 7
- 1. Girl from the Rainforest 13
- 2. Lessons from the Trees 18
- 3. Out of Debt Slavery 33
- 4. The Amazon Is Burning 49
- 5. "A Strong Notion of Justice" 57
- 6. "First the Dream, Then the Fight" 68
- 7. Carrying the Dream to the Government 82
- 8. "To the Future, That's Where I'll Go" 94.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 107).
- ISBN:
- 1558612629
- 9781558612624
- 1558612637
- 9781558612631
- OCLC:
- 45604031
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