ISBN:
9780520208865
,
0520208862
,
9780520919082
,
0520919084
,
0585130485
,
9780585130484
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xx, 482 p.)
,
maps.
Edition:
1st pbk. print
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version With broadax and firebrand
DDC:
304.28098109152
Keywords:
Deforestation History
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Brazil
;
Atlantic Coast
;
Rain forests History
;
Brazil
;
Atlantic Coast
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
History
;
Brazil
;
Atlantic Coast
;
Déboisement Histoire
;
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Brésil)
;
Forêts pluviales Histoire
;
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Brésil)
;
Homme Influence sur la nature
;
Histoire
;
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Brésil)
;
Environnement Histoire
;
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Brésil)
;
Deforestation History
;
Rain forests History
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
History
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
History
;
Rain forests History
;
Deforestation History
;
Deforestation
;
Ecology
;
Nature ; Effect of human beings on
;
Rain forests
;
Forestry
;
Earth & Environmental Sciences
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
;
History
;
Atlantic Coast (Brazil) Environmental conditions
;
History
;
Brazil
;
Atlantic Coast
;
Atlantic Coast (Brazil) Environmental conditions
;
History
;
Atlantic Coast (Brazil) Environmental conditions
;
History
;
Brazil ; Atlantic Coast
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
The forest evolves -- Humans invade: the first wave -- Humans invade: the second wave -- Estrangement: depopulation and the regrown forest -- Gold and diamonds, ants and cattle -- Science discovers the forest -- The forest under Brazilian rule -- Coffee dispossesses the forest -- Instruments of devastation -- Speculation and conservation -- Industrial nomadism, predatory industrialism -- The development imperative -- Unsustainable developments -- Getting it off the paper -- The value of bare ground.
Description / Table of Contents:
The forest evolvesHumans invade: the first wave -- Humans invade: the second wave -- Estrangement: depopulation and the regrown forest -- Gold and diamonds, ants and cattle -- Science discovers the forest -- The forest under Brazilian rule -- Coffee dispossesses the forest -- Instruments of devastation -- Speculation and conservation -- Industrial nomadism, predatory industrialism -- The development imperative -- Unsustainable developments -- Getting it off the paper -- The value of bare ground.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-440) and index. - Description based on print version record
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