The struggle for Amazon Town : Gurupá revisited / Richard Pace.
By: Pace, Richard.
Material type: BookPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998Description: xi, 237 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1555873391 ; 1555873529.Other title: Amazon Town.Subject(s): Social conflict -- Brazil -- Gurupá (Pará) -- History -- 20th century | Social movements -- Brazil -- Gurupá (Pará) -- History -- 20th century | Gurupá (Pará, Brazil) -- Politics and government | Gurupá (Pará, Brazil) -- Social conditions | Gurupá (Pará, Brazil) -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 981.15Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Eastern University Library General Stacks | 981.15 PAS 1998 (Browse shelf) | Not For Loan | 01940 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.
1. Introduction: Studying Amazon Town Again -- 2. An Amazon Community -- 3. The Demise of the Native American -- 4. The Rise of the Indigenous Campesinato -- 5. Repeating History? Economic Trends, Post-1964 -- 6. Labor and Land in a Changing Economy -- 7. Adaptations to Poverty -- 8. The Rise and Fall of Authoritarian Politics -- 9. The Politics of Religion -- 10. Conclusion: Confronting the Bicho.
Massive changes have engulfed the Brazilian Amazon region in the forty years since Charles Wagley's landmark study, Amazon Town, was first published. In his engaging restudy, Richard Pace explores today's "Amazon Town" (Gurupa), where development efforts have left little untouched, little familiar.
Focusing on the actions of the community as it faces new opportunities and recurring adversity, Pace examines the social and cultural history of Gurupa - including such factors as regional underdevelopment, environmental degradation, and social conflict - as well as the more recent effects of political mobilization and liberation theology on human rights awareness and social justice.
He richly illustrates the political and economic forces - national and international - that affect Gurupa, and explores the motivations and means of those searching for alternatives to current patterns of development.
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