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Jeremy M. Campbell - Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature) - 9780295995298 - V9780295995298
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Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature)

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Description for Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature) Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.

Winner of the 2017 James M. Blaut Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers

Honorable Mention for the 2016 Book Prize from the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology

Since the 1960s, when Brazil first encouraged large-scale Amazonian colonization, violence and confusion have often accompanied national policies concerning land reform, corporate colonization, indigenous land rights, environmental protection, and private homesteading. Conjuring Property shows how, in a region that many perceive to be stateless, colonists - from highly capitalized ranchers to landless workers - adopt anticipatory stances while they await future ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Place, and Nature
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295995298
SKU
V9780295995298
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Ref
99-50

About Jeremy M. Campbell
Jeremy M. Campbell is associate professor of anthropology at Roger Williams University.

Reviews for Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature)
"Conjuring Property provides a rare insight into the social structure, class divisions and psychology of colonist communities. The awareness and empathy that can be taken from Campbell’s findings are his most significant contribution, and will prove valuable to anyone seeking a greater understanding of the Amazon’s complex, and often oversimplified, society."
Catherine Morgans
Latin American Bureau’s Latin America ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature)


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