Record #:

25797

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Wendy Wolford studies economic inequality and poverty rooted in Brazil’s land politics. After World War Two, policies forced farmers and rural workers into the Amazon and cities. Brazil’s Landless Movement is now pressuring the government to create settlements with farmland.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p28-32, il, por

Subject(s):

Social movements; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research