Colonization as Exploitation in the Amazon Rain Forest, 1758–1911. By Robin L. Anderson. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1999. Pp. x, 187. $49.95

Mary Ann Mahony

The Journal of Economic History, 2001, vol. 61, issue 1, 217-218

Abstract: Studies of the social and economic history of the Amazon are few and far between, and long-term studies that attempt to link the history of the colonial and post-colonial periods are especially unusual. The demands of academic careers make it difficult for many scholars to undertake the time-consuming research required to produce a book covering such long time spans in a serious way, especially since the “long” nineteenth century saw three different political regimes in Brazil: colonial, imperial, and republican. Moreover, the isolation of the Amazon, the conditions of its archives and documentary collections, and its lack of a well-developed historiography further complicate efforts to study this vast region. Thus, Robin L. Anderson has undertaken an especially difficult task writing a book on the settlement of the Amazon from 1758 to 1911.

Date: 2001
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