Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in

Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature)

Since the 1960s, when Brazil first encouraged large-scale Amazonian colonization, violence and confusion have often accompanied national policies concerning land reform, corporate colonization, indigenous land rights, environmental protection, and private homesteading. Conjuring Property shows how, in a region that many perceive to be stateless, colonists - from highly capitalized ranchers to landless workers - adopt anticipatory stances while they await future governance intervention regarding land tenure. For Amazonian colonists, property is a dynamic category that becomes salient in the making: it is conjured through papers, appeals to state officials, and the manipulation of landscapes and memories of occupation. This timely study will be of interest to development studies scholars and practitioners, conservation ecologists, geographers, and anthropologists.

Country	USA
Brand	University of Washington Press
Manufacturer	University of Washington Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps,
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780295995298
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon (Culture, Place, and Nature)