The third bank of the river
Subtitle: power and survival in the twenty-first-century Amazon
By: Chris Feliciano Arnold
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781250098948
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Drug traffic; Logging; Travel; Violence; Indians of South America; Environmental conditions; Social conditions; Corruption
Description: A veteran journalist evaluates the state of the war over the Amazon, tracing the efforts of environmental activists, locals, and indigenous tribes to save the jungle from the dangers of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt politicians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-338).
Table of contents: title: Part I: A finite world; title: Fan fest; title: Isolation; title: A way back from oblivion; title: Site X; title: The real jungle; title: The Brazil reader; title: Wolves among sheep; title: The Devil's Paradise; title: Quarantine; title: Part II: How monsters are born; title: Biti's gang; title: Maximum power; title: The bloody weekend; title: a sense of security; title: Très fronteiras; title: Operation Wolfpack; title: Ghost riders; title: Part III: The Amazon clock; title: A land without men; title: City of vultures; title: Soul counts; title: Guardians; title: Last dance; title: The torch and the jaguar.