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Examines Portuguese and Brazilian attempts to settle the lower Amazon Basin during the 18th and 19th centuries. The text demonstrates the continuity of European colonization from the 18th century to the 20th century and maintains that ""colonization"" became a euphemism for exploitation.
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Colonization as Exploitation in the Amazon Rain Forest: 1758-1911
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University Press of Florida, 1999
ISBN 10: 081301719X
ISBN 13: 9780813017198
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Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G081301719XI4N00
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Colonization as Exploitation in the Amazon Rain Forest, 1758-1911
Published by
University Press of Florida (1999), Gainesville, 1999
ISBN 10: 081301719X
ISBN 13: 9780813017198
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Denmark
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orig. cloth. Condition: Minor wear. VG. Textual map. (illustrator). 23x16cm, x,197 pp. Contents: The Context & Structure of the Directorate; The Economic Basis of Settlement in the 18th Century; The Elites & their Role in Colonization;Basic Decisions in Colonization; Policy & Living Conditions; Migration & Demographic Change. Seller Inventory # 028750