Volkswagen in the Amazon: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil
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Volkswagen in the Amazon: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil
Antoine Acker
Volkswagen in the Amazon: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil
Volkswagen in the Amazon: The Tragedy of Global Development in Modern Brazil
Antoine Acker
Descripción
From 1973 to 1987, Volkswagen's (VW) 140,000 hectare 'pioneer' cattle ranch on the Amazon frontier laid bare the limits of capitalist development. These limits were not only economic, with the core management of a multinational company engaged in the 'integration' of an extreme world periphery, but they were also legal and ethical, with the involvement of indentured labor and massive forest burning. Its physical limits were exposed by an unpredictable ecosystem refusing to submit to VW's technological arsenal. Antoine Acker reveals how the VW ranch, a major project supported by the Brazilian military dictatorship, was planned, negotiated, and eventually undone by the intervention of internationally connected actors and events.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 328 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Cambridge University Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 2017-09-21 |
Dimensiones | 9.17" x 6.54" x 0.68" pulgadas |
Serie | Global and International History |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Temas | América Latina |
Acerca del Autor
Acker, Antoine
Antoine Acker earned his Ph.D. at the European University Institute, Florence and has extensively researched and taught in seven different countries on a broad range of topics including environmental and Brazilian history, German culture and language, as well as political sciences. He was a lecturer at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris (2013-2014), at the Université de La Rochelle, France (2014-2015) and a guest scholar at Universität Bielefeld, Germany, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands and Universität Bern, Switzerland (2015-2016). He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy in affiliation with the Marie Curie Excellence Fellowships program co-funded by the European Commission.Descripción
This book studies the interplay between deforestation, forced labor, and capitalist development in the Amazon through a case study involving Volkswagen in the years of the Brazilian military dictatorship. Focused on both international and local connections, it shows how an agenda for tropical rainforests emerged through economic globalization.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa dura |
Número de Páginas | 326 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Cambridge University Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 2017-09-21 |
Dimensiones | 9.44" x 6.54" x 0.79" pulgadas |
Serie | Global and International History |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Temas | América Latina |
Acerca del Autor
Acker, Antoine
Antoine Acker earned his Ph.D. at the European University Institute, Florence and has extensively researched and taught in seven different countries on a broad range of topics including environmental and Brazilian history, German culture and language, as well as political sciences. He was a lecturer at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris (2013-2014), at the Université de La Rochelle, France (2014-2015) and a guest scholar at Universität Bielefeld, Germany, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands and Universität Bern, Switzerland (2015-2016). He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy in affiliation with the Marie Curie Excellence Fellowships program co-funded by the European Commission.Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.449 kg |
SKU: | 9781316647776 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 03/11/23 |
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