1st Edition

Migrants To Amazonia Spontaneous Colonization In The Brazilian Frontier

By Judith Lisansky Copyright 1990
    198 Pages
    by Routledge

    198 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is the story of one Amazonian community located along the middle Araguaia River in the northeastern comer of the state of Mato Grosso. It is based on fourteen months of fieldwork in 1976, 1978, and 1979.

    1. Forests for Farming 2. Santa Terezinha, Mato Grosso 3. Frontier Expansion 4. The Small Farmers of Santa Terezinha 5. Peons and Merchants 6. Survival Strategies 7. Santa Terezinha Revisited: 1987