In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, The United States, and the Nature of a Region

In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, The United States, and the Nature of a Region

The book's approach, borrowing from anthropology, geography, and sociology, is that of political ecology, or the study of contests between social groups over the resources and other benefits to be derived from con- trolling a territory. [...]this is a fascinat- ing, cutting-edge telling of an o...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of History Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 413 - 415
Main Author: McPherson, Alan
Format: Book Review Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Saskatoon University of Toronto Press 22-09-2015
Subjects:
Language history
Loanwords
Politics
Rubber
Sociology
World War II
United States > US
Latin America
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Summary:The book's approach, borrowing from anthropology, geography, and sociology, is that of political ecology, or the study of contests between social groups over the resources and other benefits to be derived from con- trolling a territory. [...]this is a fascinat- ing, cutting-edge telling of an oft-ignored chapter of World War II and of US-Latin American relations that should be of interest to all those interested in US, Latin American, or environmental history.
ISSN:0008-4107
2292-8502
DOI:10.3138/CJH.ACH.50.2.005