The scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost paradise" of Euclides da Cunha /

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Author / Creator:	Hecht, Susanna B.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 612 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Cunha, Euclides da, -- 1866-1909. Cunha, Euclides da, -- 1866-1909 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region. Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, -- Barão do, -- 1845-1912. Cunha, Euclides da, -- 1866-1909. Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, -- Barão do, -- 1845-1912. Travel. Brazil -- History -- 1889- Amazon River Region -- History -- 19th century. Amazon River Region. Brazil. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187866

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ISBN:	9780226322834 0226322831 9781299560956 1299560954 9780226322810 0226322815
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-588) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The fortunes of the late nineteenth century's imperial and industrial powers depended on a single raw material-rubber-with only one source: the Amazon basin. And so began the scramble for the Amazon-a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, Belgium, and the United States fighting with and against the new nations of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil for the forest's riches. In the midst of this struggle, Euclides da Cunha, engineer, journalist, geographer, political theorist, and one of Brazil's most celebrated writers, led a survey expedition to the farthest reaches of the river.
Other form:	Print version: Hecht, Susanna B. Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost paradise" of Euclides da Cunha. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2013] 9780226322810

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