Articles:
A Boundless Space: The Amazon and the Building of the Brazilian Empire
José Antonio Sánchez Román
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- Title:
- A Boundless Space: The Amazon and the Building of the Brazilian Empire
- Author(s):
- Sánchez Román, José Antonio
- Date:
- 2009
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8458
- Abstract:
- Businessmen, military, politicians, intellectuals and other members of Brazilian elites have perceived the Amazon region not only as a possible source of natural resources but also as a threat to the building of the state and the territorial existence of the nation. This perception originated in the mid-nineteenth century and still survives today, even beyond elite’s circles. This papers deals with the reasons for this anxiety about the Amazon and the different forms that these fears adopted.
- Subject(s):
- Latin American studies
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