Frontier making in the Amazon : economic, political and socio-ecological conversion /: economic, political and socio-ecological conversion. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris.
• Other Names: Ioris, Antonio Augusto Rossotto
• Contents: Introduction: Frontier thinking and the Amazon region -- Scarcities and abundances in place and time: A proposed conceptualisation of frontier making -- Placing the agricultural frontier of Mato Grosso, Brazil -- Peasant farming in the Amazon frontiers -- Water and energy frontiers in the Amazon -- Production of poverty and the poverty of production in the Amazon -- Disrupting frontier development from within: The latent geographical agency of indigenous peoples -- Development and conservation frontiers in the Pantanal wetland -- Conclusion: Lessons learned to expand frontier theory.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.10981/1; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Amazon River Region; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Economic history; Amazon River Region -- Economic conditions; Amazon River Region; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030385248; 3030385248; 9783030385255; 3030385256; 9783030385262; 3030385264
• Related ISBNs: 303038523X; 9783030385231
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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