The Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost Paradise" of Euclides da Cunha by Susanna B Hecht

The Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost Paradise" of Euclides da Cunha by Susanna B Hecht

Euclides that da Cunha was an engineer, journalist, geographer, political theorist, and one of Brazil's most celebrated writers. This title tells the story of da Cunha's terrifying journey to the farthest reaches of the Amazon, and the unfinished novel born from it.

"Hecht's wonderfully ambitious book unveils an unknown chapter in the history of the Amazon - indeed, the history of the worldIt would be important if it merely showed how da Cunha, almost unknown to Americans but one of Latin America's greatest writers, was also a significant figure in political and environmental history. But it uses da Cunha and his unfinished masterwork to show how Amazonia played a central role in global politics a century before rock stars began staging 'save the rain forest' concerts. As a bonus to readers, her translations of da Cunha's brilliant Amazonian writings are excellent, and the sadly moving love story at the center of his life - key to understanding his work - is artfully woven into the rest of the material." (Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus)"

Susanna B. Hecht is professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coauthor, with Alexander Cockburn, of The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon.

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ISBN 13	9780226322810
ISBN 10	0226322815
Title	The Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost Paradise" of Euclides da Cunha
Author	Susanna B Hecht
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	2013-05-09
Number of pages	632
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