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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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CEDLA
2009-10-01
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Series: | European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9600/ |