Promised land : base Christian communities and the struggle for the Amazon /

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Author / Creator:	Adriance, Madeleine.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in religion, culture, and society SUNY series in religion, culture, and society.
Subject:	Land reform -- Brazil, North. Church and social problems -- Brazil, North. Basic Christian communities -- Brazil, North. Land reform -- Amazon River Region. Church and social problems -- Amazon River Region. Basic Christian communities. Church and social problems. Land reform. Rural conditions. Brazil, North -- Rural conditions. Amazon River Region -- Rural conditions. Amazon River Region. North Brazil. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11102077

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ISBN:	0585032122 9780585032122 0791426491 0791426505
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Using information gathered from more than one hundred interviews with farmers, activists, and church people in northern Brazil, the author shows how the present conflicts over land in the Amazon, as well as the destruction of the rainforest, are rooted in specific policies of the Military Government that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, and how the effects of those policies continue to be felt. Presented here are six present-day case studies that not only give evidence of the direct links between peasant farmers' participation in grassroots church groups and their activism for land reform, but also, through rich local detail and quotes from the interviews, give a human face to sociological data. -- Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Adriance, Madeleine. Promised land. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995 0791426491

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