Volkswagen in the Amazon: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil

by Antoine Acker

Book Overview

From 1973 to 1987, Volkswagen's (VW) 140,000 hectare 'pioneer' cattle ranch on the Amazon frontier laid bare the limits of capitalist development. These limits were not only economic, with the core... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316647773
• ISBN13: 9781316647776
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"