Frontiers of Development in the Amazon - Riches, Risks, and Resistances (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2020
Editors:	Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris • Rafael R. Ioris • Sergei V Shubin
Contributors:	Gustavo S Azenha • Fabio De Castro • Marcos Colon • Frederico Freitas • Maria Fernanda Gebara • Lynn Holland • Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
Dimensions:	228 x 160 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9471-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-4985-9471-9
Barcode:	9781498594714

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