Description: Drawing from extensive historical research into how economic and environmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials in the Amazon, especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas, the authors illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources.
Brief description: Stephen G. Bunker (1944-2005) was a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Review Quotes: There is much to merit to the authors' contribution.
--Pierre Desrochers, Historical Geography