The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s by Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.

The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837675368)

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The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s by Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.

The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s

$55.00
The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s by Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.

The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s

$55.00
Format: Paperback
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In the 1970s, the whole Brazilian Amazon was opened up by road construction and the exploitation of its rich resources increased considerably. Jan Kleinpenning traces the history of this development, which began in 1972 with the opening of the first part of the Ruta Transamazônica, as well as its effects on population growth and distribution. He lays a particular focus on the programme of supervised agrarian colonisation meant to help small farmers and landless families from the densely populated and poverty-stricken Northeast of the country. Ron Milder's contribution to this volume examines the effects on Altamira, one of the small towns along the Ruta.

Author: Jan M. G. Kleinpenning
ISBN-10: 383767536X
ISBN-13: 9783837675368
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.51d
By Jan M. G. Kleinpenning
By Jan M. G. Kleinpenning
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Jan M.G. Kleinpenning, born in 1936, is a professor emeritus of human geography of developing countries at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His research focused on the geography of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Spain.

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