Examines Portuguese and Brazilian attempts to settle the lower Amazon Basin during the 18th and 19th centuries. The text demonstrates the continuity of European colonization from the 18th century to the 20th century and maintains that colonization became a euphemism for exploitation.
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Examines Portuguese and Brazilian attempts to settle the lower Amazon Basin during the 18th and 19th centuries. The text demonstrates the continuity of European colonization from the 18th century to the 20th century and maintains that colonization became a euphemism for exploitation.
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Textual map. Minor wear. VG. 23x16cm, x, 197 pp. Contents: The Context & Structure of the Directorate; The Economic Basis of Settlement in the 18th Century; The Elites & their Role in Colonization; Basic Decisions in Colonization; Policy & Living Conditions; Migration & Demographic Change.
