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Amazonia : Territorial struggles on perennial frontiers  Cover Image Book Book

Amazonia : Territorial struggles on perennial frontiers

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  • ISBN: 9780801866616
  • ISBN: 0801866618 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Preface and acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction: Approaching Amazonian frontiers - One. Invading indigenous homelands: historical frontiers in Amazonia to 1950 - Two. Taming the jungle : development cosmographies in Amazonia, 1945-1990 - Three. Saving the rainforest: environmental cosmographies in Amazonia, 1970, 1999 - Four. Disputing territorial claims: contemporary frontiers in Amazonia, the 1990s -- Conclusion: Amazonian territoriality today -- Glossary -- Notes -- Field interviews -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject: Human ecology -- Amazon River Valley -- History
Amazon River Valley -- Economic conditions
Human ecology -- Brazil -- Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará)
Human ecology -- Ecuador -- Aguarico River Valley
Jari River Valley (Amapá and Pará, Brazil) -- Economic conditions
Aguarico River Valley (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions
Topic Heading: First Nations
Aboriginal

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library GF 532 A4 L57 2001 (Text)
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