Modernization and political actions in the Brazilian Amazon : the City of Barcarena, Pará

• Main Author: Nahum, João Santos (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies.
• Subjects: Barcarena (Brazil) > Politics and government.; Brazil > Barcarena.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

This book offers an analysis of the territory of Barcarena, in the Brazilian Amazon. The author studies the land use and the implemented modernization policies that made it one of the richest cities of the state. The political system uses this territory as a resource to provide for the needs of a sm...