Constellations of inequality : space, race, and utopia in Brazil /

Constellations of inequality : space, race, and utopia in Brazil /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mitchell, Sean T., author.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xiii, 255 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Quilombos -- Brazil -- Alcântara -- Government relations. Economic development projects -- Political aspects -- Brazil -- Alcântara. Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- Brazil -- Alcântara. Blacks -- Land tenure. Economic development projects -- Political aspects. Equality. Launch complexes (Astronautics) Race relations. Social conditions. Blacks -- Land tenure -- Brazil -- Alcântara. Equality -- Brazil -- Alcântara. Alcântara (Brazil) -- Race relations. Alcântara (Brazil) -- Social conditions. Brazil -- Alcântara.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11391239

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ISBN:	9780226499260 022649926X 9780226499123 022649912X 9780226499437
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Relaunching Alcântara
1. Mimetic Convergence and Complementary Hierarchy
2. Alcântara in Space and Time
3. Interpreting an Explosion
4. Expertise and Inequality
5. Racialization and Race-Based Law
6. The Making of Race and Class
7. Space at the Edge of the Amazon
Conclusion: Space and Utopia
Chronology
Abbreviations
Notes
Works Cited
Index