{"product_id":"with-broadax-and-firebrand-the-destruction-of-the-brazilian-atlantic-forest-a-centennial-book-paperback","title":"With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, (a Centennial Book) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWarren Dean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuart B. Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren Dean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic Forest. A quarter the size of the Amazon Forest, and the most densely populated region in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest is now the most endangered in the world. It contains a great diversity of life forms, some of them found nowhere else, as well as the country's largest cities, plantations, mines, and industries. Continual clearing is ravaging most of the forested remnants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDean opens his story with the hunter-gatherers of twelve thousand years ago and takes it up to the 1990s--through the invasion of Europeans in the sixteenth century; the ensuing devastation wrought by such developments as gold and diamond mining, slash-and-burn farming, coffee planting, and industrialization; and the desperate battles between conservationists and developers in the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a great range of documentary and scientific resources, \u003ci\u003eWith Broadax and Firebrand\u003c\/i\u003e is an enormously ambitious book. More than a history of a tropical forest, or of the relationship between forest and humans, it is also a history of Brazil told from an environmental perspective. Dean writes passionately and movingly, in the fierce hope that the story of the Atlantic Forest will serve as a warning of the terrible costs of destroying its great neighbor to the west, the Amazon Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unprecedented historical account of the destruction of Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a required reading for those committed to its preservation, written with genuine love and knowledge.--José Roberto Borges, Brazil Program Director, Rainforest Action Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter reading this volume, no one could fail to realize the uniqueness and importance of these coastal forests, which have played such a fascinating role in the history of Brazil.--Ghillean T. Prance, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unprecedented historical account of the destruction of Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a required reading for those committed to its preservation, written with genuine love and knowledge.--José Roberto Borges, Brazil Program Director, Rainforest Action Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"After reading this volume, no one could fail to realize the uniqueness and importance of these coastal forests, which have played such a fascinating role in the history of Brazil.\"--Ghillean T. Prance, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Dean\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-1994) was Professor of History at New York University. His books include\u003ci\u003eThe Industrialization of Sao Paulo\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eRio Claro: A Brazilian Plantation System\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), and \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Rubber in Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e (1987). \u003cb\u003eStuart B. Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.01 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750505873696,"sku":"9780520208865","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6aca44893856f99bb89a006df620a763.jpg?v=1779951365","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/with-broadax-and-firebrand-the-destruction-of-the-brazilian-atlantic-forest-a-centennial-book-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}