Anatomy of the Amazon Gold Rush

by David Cleary

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For many the phrase "gold rush" conjures up images of the 1849ers panning for gold in the western United States. But in 1979, the biggest gold rush of this century began in the Brazilian Amazon and has continued unabated ever since.

Despite attempts by governments and mining companies to control it, the Amazon gold rush has flourished, involving hundreds of thousands of miners in an informal-sector industry which produces over a billion dollars'...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0877452628

ISBN13:9780877452621

Release Date:September 1990

Publisher:University of Iowa Press

Length:287 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Biological Sciences Brazil Ecology Economics Environmental Economics Nature South America

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