The third bank of the river : power and survival in the twenty-first-century Amazon
Title:
The third bank of the river : power and survival in the twenty-first-century Amazon
Publication Date as Range:
2018
ISBN:
9781250098948
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
x, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part I: A finite world -- Fan fest -- Isolation -- A way back from oblivion -- Site X -- The real jungle -- The Brazil reader -- Wolves among sheep -- The Devil's Paradise -- Quarantine -- Part II: How monsters are born -- Biti's gang -- Maximum power -- The bloody weekend -- a sense of security -- Tres fronteiras -- Operation Wolfpack -- Ghost riders -- Part III: The Amazon clock -- A land without men -- City of vultures -- Soul counts -- Guardians -- Last dance -- The torch and the jaguar.
Abstract:
A veteran journalist evaluates the state of the war over the Amazon, tracing the efforts of environmental activists, locals, and indigenous tribes to save the jungle from the dangers of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt politicians.
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