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The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon, Updated Edition
Susanna B. Hecht
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Description for The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon, Updated Edition
Paperback. The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying - and saving - this vast, forested region, this title deals with the murder of Chico Mendes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RGBL; RNK; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forests. But is it truly in peril? And what steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil's military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market ... Read more
The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forests. But is it truly in peril? And what steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil's military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226322728
SKU
V9780226322728
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About Susanna B. Hecht
Susanna Hecht is professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Alexander Cockburn is coeditor of CounterPunch, a regular columnist for the Nation and First Post, and the author of several books, including Political Ecology, Corruptions of Empire, and The Golden Age Is in Us.
Reviews for The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon, Updated Edition
"Hecht's and Cockburn's historical perspective is illuminating.... They are to be congratulated." - Nature "This is a powerful book, elegantly written and well informed." - Times Literary Supplement"