Moving Frontiers in the Amazon: Brazilian Small-Scale Gold Miners in Suriname

This article explores the national, local, and personal frontiers that Brazilian small-scale gold miners – called garimpeiros – cross in their quest for gold in the larger Amazon region. Ethnographic research was conducted among garimpeiros and mining service providers in Suriname. In the past three...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marjo de Theije, Marieke Heemskerk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2009-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9600/