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OverviewWinner of the 2017 James M. Blaut Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers Honorable Mention for the 2016 Book Prize from the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeremy M. Campbell , K. SivaramakrishnanPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780295995298ISBN 10: 0295995297 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 December 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword by K. Sivaramakrishnan Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction | Real Estate in Wild Country 1. Frontier Capitalism and Figuring the State 2. The Labors of Grilagem 3. Speculative Accumulation 4. Living Proleptically in the Environmental Era 5. Regularization and the Land Question Conclusion | On Property and Devastation Notes Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsConjuring Property provides a rare insight into the social structure, class divisions and psychology of colonist communities. The awareness and empathy that can be taken from Campbell's findings are his most significant contribution, and will prove valuable to anyone seeking a greater understanding of the Amazon's complex, and often oversimplified, society. -- Catherine Morgans Latin American Bureau's Latin America Inside Out (LAIO) Blog Campbell's excellent research and writing takes on extra significance in producing a full and nuanced ethnography of a colonist settlement in the central Brazilian Amazon... An effective and dynamic portrait of this 'frontier' region. -- Evan Killick Journal of Anthropological Research A real novelty for studies on the Amazon. It helps rethink the region's identity and history by showing the agency of small and mid-range settlers with unprecedented precision and evidence... A particularly important book for historians. -- Antoine Acker H-LatAm Conjuring Property provides a rare insight into the social structure, class divisions and psychology of colonist communities. The awareness and empathy that can be taken from Campbell's findings are his most significant contribution, and will prove valuable to anyone seeking a greater understanding of the Amazon's complex, and often oversimplified, society. -- Catherine Morgans Latin American Bureau's Latin America Inside Out (LAIO) Blog Author InformationJeremy M. Campbell is associate professor of anthropology at Roger Williams University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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