Titles, Conflict, and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Amazon Frontier

by Bernardo Mueller, Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap

The Amazon, the world's largest rain forest, is the last frontier in Brazil. The settlement of large and small farmers, squatters, miners, and loggers in this frontier during the past thirty years has given rise to violent conflicts over land as well as environmental duress. Titles, Conflict, and Land Use examines the institutional development involved in the process of land use and ownership in the Amazon and shows how this phenomenon affects the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472110063
• ISBN13: 9780472110063
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"