The Struggle for Land: A Political Economy of the Pioneer Frontier in Brazil from 1930 to the Present Day

by Joe Foweraker

Widespread violence, legal chicanery and ruthless profiteering have come to characterise the expansion of the agricultural frontier in Brazil. With the advance of this frontier, the pioneering peasants, on the one hand, and large landowners and large economic enterprise, on the other, have become locked in an increasingly bitter struggle for land. In his book, Joe Foweraker draws on extensive empirical research to demonstrate the dimensions and dynamics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526000
• ISBN13: 9780521526005
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"