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The deepest wounds: a labor and environmental history of sugar in Northeast Brazil

By Rogers , Thomas D

Book information

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780807834336, 9780807871676, 7361098134, 0807834335, 0807871672
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4443864 bytes)
Series
Latin American studies
Pages
xvi, 302 Seiten\321
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Pernambuco (Brazil)--History;Sugar trade--Brazil--

Description

An eternal verdure: the longue dure of the zona da mata -- A laboring landscape: the environmental discourse of the Northeast's sugar elite, from Nabuco to Freyre -- A landscape of captivity: power and the definition of work and space -- Modernizing the sugar industry: cane expansion and the path toward rationalization -- The zona da mata aflame: political upheaval, strikes, and fire -- The only game in town: workers, planters, and the dictatorship -- An agricultural boom and its unexpected consequences -- Conclusion: power, labor, and the agro-environment of Pernambuco's sugarcane fields.

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