The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides Da Cunha

by Susanna B. Hecht

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226322815
• ISBN13: 9780226322810
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"