"Winning the land, dominate the water, subjugate the forest": Getúlio Vargas and the journal "Cultura Política" rediscover the Amazon (1940-1941)

The article analyzes the Amazon in the social thought of Brazilian Estado Novo (1937-1945), when events and governmental projects as the "Marcha para o Oeste" and the "Discurso do rio Amazonas" represented more attention of central government to the region. Since 1941, articles a...

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Main Author: Rômulo de Paula Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2010-01-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222010000200015&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt