The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s (Biblioteca Luso-Afro-Brasileira)

Kleinpenning, Jan M. G.

ISBN 10: 383767536X / ISBN 13: 9783837675368

Published by transcript publishing, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Brazilian Amazonia in Change I: Opening Up and Colonisation in the 1970s (Biblioteca Luso-Afro-Brasileira)
• Publisher: transcript publishing
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383767536X
• ISBN 13: 9783837675368
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the 1970s, the whole Brazilian Amazon was opened up by road construction and the exploitation of its rich resources increased considerably. Jan Kleinpenning traces the history of this development, which began in 1972 with the opening of the first part of the Ruta Transamazônica, as well as its effects on population growth and distribution. He lays a particular focus on the programme of supervised agrarian colonisation meant to help small farmers and landless families from the densely populated and poverty-stricken Northeast of the country. Ron Milder’s contribution to this volume examines the effects on Altamira, one of the small towns along the Ruta.

About the Author

Jan M.G. Kleinpenning, born in 1936, is a professor emeritus of human geography of developing countries at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His research focused on the geography of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Spain.