The last new world : the conquest of the Amazon frontier /
Margolis, Mac
The last new world : the conquest of the Amazon frontier / Mac Margolis - New York; London: W.W. Norton, 1992 - 367p. : ill., plate, maps.; 22cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[ 337]-350) and index
The conquest of the Amazon Frontier-- Crabs on the Sea Line-- Order and progress-- Frontier out of season-- Forging controversy-- From forests to timber-- trange fruit-- "Adventurers, Madmen, and Starvelings"-- Repairing Rondonia-- Tempering the tropics-- Japanese in the Amazon-- Of Cattle and Kudzu-- The death and life of Chico Mendes-- The jungle of policy-- Call of the Wild.
0393033791 9780393033793
Economic development--Environmental aspects
Man--Influence on nature--Amazon River Region
Amazon River Region--Economic conditions
Environmental policy--Amazon River Region
The last new world : the conquest of the Amazon frontier / Mac Margolis - New York; London: W.W. Norton, 1992 - 367p. : ill., plate, maps.; 22cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[ 337]-350) and index
The conquest of the Amazon Frontier-- Crabs on the Sea Line-- Order and progress-- Frontier out of season-- Forging controversy-- From forests to timber-- trange fruit-- "Adventurers, Madmen, and Starvelings"-- Repairing Rondonia-- Tempering the tropics-- Japanese in the Amazon-- Of Cattle and Kudzu-- The death and life of Chico Mendes-- The jungle of policy-- Call of the Wild.
0393033791 9780393033793
Economic development--Environmental aspects
Man--Influence on nature--Amazon River Region
Amazon River Region--Economic conditions
Environmental policy--Amazon River Region