Nationalizing Nature - Iguazu Falls and National Parks At the Brazil-Argentina Border

List of contents

Introduction: Boundaries of nature; 1. Nationalizing the border; 2. Playing catch-up; 3. A park and a town; 4. Land conflict; 5. Surveillance and evasion; 6. The view from above; The resilience of boundaries.

About the author

Frederico Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Digital and Latin American History and a core member of the Visual Narrative Initiative at North Carolina State University. He is the co-editor of Big Water: The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay (with Jacob Blanc, 2018) and a recipient of an NEH fellowship.

Summary

Nationalizing Nature demonstrates how Brazil and Argentina employed national parks to develop and settle frontier areas, casting light on conservation's crucial role in the territorial growth of the region. In the process, a distinct national park model – combining the preservation of nature and settler colonization – is highlighted.

Product details

• Authors: Frederico Freitas, Frederico (North Carolina State Universit Freitas, Frederico (North Carolina State University) Freitas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108948906
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94890-6
• No. of pages: 333
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies; Cambridge Latin American Studi
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Brazil, Argentina, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, History of the Americas, Environmentalist thought and ideology