Frontiers of Development in the Amazon
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Frontiers of Development in the Amazon

Riches, Risks, and Resistances

  1. 339 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Frontiers of Development in the Amazon

Riches, Risks, and Resistances

About this book

Frontiers of Development in the Amazon: Riches, Risks, and Resistances contributes to ongoing debates on the processes of change in the Amazon, a region inherently tied to the expansion of internal and external socio-economic and environmental frontiers. This book offers interdisciplinary analyses from a range of scholars in Europe, Latin America, and the United States that question the methods of development and the range of socio-ecological impacts of those methods by examining the theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of frontier-making along with evaluating and refining existing frameworks. Contributors focus on the complex politics of border formation shaped by institutional, economic, and political forces, placing them in relation to ethical, imaginary, and symbolic elements. In doing so, contributors explore the dynamic production of identities, values, and subjectivities, covering matters of migratory patterns, complex power struggles, and intensive—at times violent—clashes. Among other topics, this book assesses the recent encroachment of export-driven agribusiness into the Amazon Region in the context of recolonization, resource exploitation and multiple programs of modernization and national integration. Scholars of Latin American studies, international development, environmental studies, and applied social sciences will find this book particularly useful.

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Yes, you can access Frontiers of Development in the Amazon by Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris,Rafael R. Ioris,Sergei V. Shubin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Latin American & Caribbean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontiers of Developmentin the Amazon
  3. Frontiers of Developmentin the AmazonRiches, Risks, and Resistances
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1
  9. Part I: Thinking and Making OF the Amazon Frontier
  10. Part II: Questioning the Basis of Progress, Power, and Poverty
  11. Part III: Identities, Cultures, and Subjectivities