In Search Of The Amazon

Author : Seth Garfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822377179
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Amazon written by Seth Garfield and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the dramatic history of the Brazilian Amazon during the Second World War, Seth Garfield provides fresh perspectives on contemporary environmental debates. His multifaceted analysis explains how the Amazon became the object of geopolitical rivalries, state planning, media coverage, popular fascination, and social conflict. In need of rubber, a vital war material, the United States spent millions of dollars to revive the Amazon's rubber trade. In the name of development and national security, Brazilian officials implemented public programs to engineer the hinterland's transformation. Migrants from Brazil's drought-stricken Northeast flocked to the Amazon in search of work. In defense of traditional ways of life, longtime Amazon residents sought to temper outside intervention. Garfield's environmental history offers an integrated analysis of the struggles among distinct social groups over resources and power in the Amazon, as well as the repercussions of those wartime conflicts in the decades to come.

Author : Seth Garfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822377179
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Amazon written by Seth Garfield and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the dramatic history of the Brazilian Amazon during the Second World War, Seth Garfield provides fresh perspectives on contemporary environmental debates. His multifaceted analysis explains how the Amazon became the object of geopolitical rivalries, state planning, media coverage, popular fascination, and social conflict. In need of rubber, a vital war material, the United States spent millions of dollars to revive the Amazon's rubber trade. In the name of development and national security, Brazilian officials implemented public programs to engineer the hinterland's transformation. Migrants from Brazil's drought-stricken Northeast flocked to the Amazon in search of work. In defense of traditional ways of life, longtime Amazon residents sought to temper outside intervention. Garfield's environmental history offers an integrated analysis of the struggles among distinct social groups over resources and power in the Amazon, as well as the repercussions of those wartime conflicts in the decades to come.

Author : Gilbert Morris
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441270507
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazon Quest (House of Winslow Book #25) written by Gilbert Morris and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Winslow felt deeply indebted to James Parker when she learned that his wounds resulted from trying to save her brother's life in the trenches of World War I. But by the time she discovered what really happened on that battlefield in France, Emily had fallen for James's charm. Devastated by his betrayal and overwhelmed by feelings of bitterness, Emily throws herself into her writing career. She accepts an assignment to record the life of an isolated tribe of headhunters deep in the Amazon rain forest, believing it will allow her emotions time to heal. But all of her inner turmoil is churned to the surface once again when Ian Marlowe walks into her life. Emily is uncertain whether she can ever trust a man again--or if she can trust her own heart. (House of Winslow Book 25)

Author : Gordon MacMillan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231103558
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At the End of the Rainbow? written by Gordon MacMillan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 1980s, a combination of widespread poverty and favorable gold prices encouraged hoards of wildcat miners to penetrate some of the Amazon's rainforest headwaters in search of new deposits. Now, hundreds of makeshift camps threaten the future of both the rainforest and the indigenous people who inhabit it. This book explains how gold fever came to grip the Amazon and considers the changes it has brought to the region. It contains a vivid account of the violent clash between forty thousand miners and the Yanamami Indians in the state of Roraima, as well as thoroughly researched arguments that explore the perspectives of the farmers, ranchers, natives, and others involved in this historic moment.

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385529228
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost City of Z written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller”(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed writer David Grann set out to determine what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z. For centuries Europeans believed the Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. Then he vanished. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Author : Paul Bausch
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596005429
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazon Hacks written by Paul Bausch and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this collection of tips and tools, users can get the most out of Amazon.com, whether they are avid Amazon shoppers, Amazon associates developing online storefronts, or programmers building apps based on Amazon Web Services.

Author : Doug Wilhelm
Publisher : Skylark
ISBN 13 : 9780553563924
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Search the Amazon! written by Doug Wilhelm and published by Skylark. This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the strange disappearance of the pink dolphin with the reader's biologist grandfather, the reader must rescue grandfather from kidnappers who do not want anyone to solve the mystery.

Author : Phil Gates
Publisher : DK Children
ISBN 13 : 9780789466389
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terror on the Amazon written by Phil Gates and published by DK Children. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the conquistadores and their dangerous search for gold, jewels, and spices in the South American jungle.

Author : Felipe Martínez-Pinzón
Publisher : American Tropics Towards a Lit
ISBN 13 : 178694183X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intimate Frontiers written by Felipe Martínez-Pinzón and published by American Tropics Towards a Lit. This book was released on 2019 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of multinational scholarly contributions on various cultural aspects of the Amazon region in the 20th century.

Author : Arielle Eckstut
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 076116085X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published written by Arielle Eckstut and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated for 2015! The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more—making The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years’ experience as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing process: how to come up with a blockbuster title, create a selling proposal, find the right agent, understand a book contract, and develop marketing and publicity savvy. Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders and authors, including Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Leonard Lopate, plus agents, editors, and booksellers; sidebars featuring real-life publishing success stories; sample proposals, query letters, and an entirely updated resources and publishers directory.