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Anatomy of the Amazon Gold Rush

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. David Cleary

    1. Department of Business Studies, Edinburgh University, UK

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. An Introduction to the Amazon Gold Rush

    • David Cleary
    Pages 1-26

  3. Garimpagem in Maranhão

    • David Cleary
    Pages 27-50

  4. Fofoca: The Formation of Garimpos

    • David Cleary
    Pages 51-72

  5. The Social Structure of the Gold Rush

    • David Cleary
    Pages 73-103

  6. Economic Life in the Garimpo

    • David Cleary
    Pages 104-132

  7. Social Relations in the Garimpo

    • David Cleary
    Pages 133-163

  8. Serra Pelada: The Gold Rush on the National Stage

    • David Cleary
    Pages 164-187

  9. Garimpagem, Formal Mining and the State

    • David Cleary
    Pages 188-210

  10. The Implications of the Gold Rush

    • David Cleary
    Pages 211-230

  11. Postscript

    • David Cleary
    Pages 231-231

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 232-245
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In 1979 this century's largest gold rush began in the Brazilian Amazon and has continued ever since. This book looks at the Amazon gold rush without sensationalizing it, at the politics and economics of gold in Brazil, and at the implications of the gold rush for Amazonia and its people.

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  • Department of Business Studies, Edinburgh University, UK

    David Cleary

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