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The fate of the forest : developers, destroyers, and defenders of the Amazon
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The fate of the forest : developers, destroyers, and defenders of the Amazon / Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn.
ISBN
9780226322735 (electronic bk.)
0226322734 (electronic bk.)
9780226322728
0226322726
Edition
Updated ed.
Published
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 20, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-374) and index.
Contents
The forests of their desires
The realm of nature
The heritage of fire
The Amazon prospectus
Magnates in the Amazon
The generals' blueprint
The furies unleashed
The defenders of the Amazon
The ecology of justice
Appendix A. Interview with Ailton Krenak
Appendix B. Interview with Darrell Posey
Appendix C. Interview with Osmarino Amâncio Rodrigues
Appendix D. Interview with father Michael Feeney
Appendix E. Forest Peoples' Manifesto
Appendix F. Seven beliefs, true and false, about the Amazon
Appendix G.A note on parks, the origins of Yosemite and the expulsions of Native Americans.
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