Anatomy of the Amazon Gold Rush

In 1979 this century's largest gold rush began in the Brazilian Amazon and has continued ever since. This book looks at the Amazon gold rush without sensationalizing it, at the politics and economics of gold in Brazil, and at the implications of the gold rush for Amazonia and its people.

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An introduction to the Amazon gold rush; Garimpagem in Maranhao; Fofoca - the formation of garimpos; the social structure of the gold rush; economic life in the garimpo; Serra Pelada - the gold rush on the national stage; Garimpagem, formal mining and the state; the implications of the gold rush.