Global and International History: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil (Global and International History)
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- Synopsis
- From 1973 to 1987, Volkswagen's (VW) 140,000 hectare 'pioneer' cattle ranch on the Amazon frontierlaid barethe limits of capitalist development. These limits were not only economic, with the core management of a multinational company engaged in the 'integration' of an extreme world periphery, but they were also legal and ethical, with the involvement of indentured labor and massive forest burning. Its physical limits were exposed by an unpredictable ecosystem refusing to submit to VW's technological arsenal. Antoine Acker reveals how the VW ranch, a major project supported by the Brazilian military dictatorship, was planned, negotiated, and eventually undone by the intervention of internationally connected actors and events.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108187121
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781107197428, 9781107197428
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Antoine Acker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.