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In search of the Amazon : Brazil, the United States, and the nature of a region /

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser:	Garfield, Seth, 1967-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:	American encounters/global interactions. e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Schlagworte:	World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Amazon River Region. Rubber industry and trade > Amazon River Region > History > 20th century. Brazil > Foreign economic relations > United States. United States > Foreign economic relations > Brazil. Electronic books.
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Inhaltsangabe:

Border and progress : the Amazon and the estado novo
"The quicksands of untrustworthy supply" : U.S. rubber dependency and the lure of the Amazon
Rubber's "soldiers" : reinventing the Amazonian worker
The environment of northeastern migration to the Amazon : landscapes, labor, and love
War in the Amazon : struggles over resources and images
Epilogue: From wartime soldiers to green guerrillas.