The deepest wounds a labor and environmental history of sugar in Northeast Brazil / Thomas D. Rogers.

Author/creator Rogers, Thomas D., 1974-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Contents An eternal verdure: the longue dure of the zona da mata -- A laboring landscape: the environmental discourse of the Northeast's sugar elite, from Nabuco to Freyre -- A landscape of captivity: power and the definition of work and space -- Modernizing the sugar industry: cane expansion and the path toward rationalization -- The zona da mata aflame: political upheaval, strikes, and fire -- The only game in town: workers, planters, and the dictatorship -- An agricultural boom and its unexpected consequences -- Conclusion: power, labor, and the agro-environment of Pernambuco's sugarcane fields.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-295) and index.
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LCCN 2010018134
ISBN9780807834336 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807871676 (pbk. : alk. paper)