Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.
Contents
Brazilian Indian policy : an historical overview -- The economic history of the Brazilian Amazon, 1940 to 1970 -- Development plans in the postwar period -- The significance of the military coup of 1964 -- Contemporary Indian policy in Brazil, 1970 to 1975 -- The Villas Boas brothers and Indian policy in Brazil -- Pacification expeditions along the Trans-Amazon highway network -- The invasion of the Aripuana Indian Park -- Indian policy and the Amazon mining frontier -- The social and ecological effects of the Polamazonia Program, 1975 to 1979 -- The rise of agribusiness in Brazil -- The deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon -- The Amazon Basin : implications for U.S. foreign policy in Brazil.