Intraregional Migration, Direct Action Land Reform, and New Land Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-476

  Perz, Stephen G ^a   Leite, Flavia ^a   Simmons, Cynthia ^b   Walker, Robert ^b   Aldrich, Stephen ^b   Caldas, Marcellus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Land; Migration; Social movement

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LAND REFORM; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 77956233593     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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