The deepest wounds : a labor and environmental history of sugar in Northeast Brazil /

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This study traces social and environmental changes over four centuries in Pernambuco, Brazil's key north-eastern sugar-growing state. Focusing particularly on the period from the end of slavery in 1888 to the late twentieth century, when human impact on the environment reached critical new leve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Thomas D., 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Sugar trade > Brazil > Pernambuco > History.
Sugarcane industry > Environmental aspects > Brazil > Pernambuco > History.
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects > Brazil > Pernambuco > History.
Sucre > Industrie > Brésil > Pernambouc > Histoire.
Canne à sucre > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Brésil > Pernambouc > Histoire.
Canne à sucre > Industrie > Aspect social > Brésil > Pernambouc > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Sugar trade.
Sugarcane industry > Environmental aspects.
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects.
Pernambuco (Brazil) > History.
Brazil > Pernambuco.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An eternal verdure: the longue dure of the zona da mata
  • A laboring landscape: the environmental discourse of the Northeast's sugar elite, from Nabuco to Freyre
  • A landscape of captivity: power and the definition of work and space
  • Modernizing the sugar industry: cane expansion and the path toward rationalization
  • The zona da mata aflame: political upheaval, strikes, and fire
  • The only game in town: workers, planters, and the dictatorship
  • An agricultural boom and its unexpected consequences
  • Conclusion: power, labor, and the agro-environment of Pernambuco's sugarcane fields.

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