Voices from the Amazon (Kumarian Press Books for a World That Works)

Voices from the Amazon (Kumarian Press Books for a World That Works)
by Binka Le Breton

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Author: Binka Le Breton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-06
ISBN: 1565490215
Number of pages: 166
Publisher: Kumarian Press

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Book Review: Brazilian peoples fighting to survive in the AMAZON
Summary: 5 Stars

This very readable and well researched book explains the daily struggles of the people who actually live in the rainforest: the Indians, the rubber tappers, the loggers, the ranchers, the miners, and the river people. The author traveled across the vast Amazon areas to talk with the forest people and hear their stories. This book is very moving because it offers a real insight into the lives of the people that are suffering them most from the destruction of the rainforest. That the forest peoples trusted Ms. Lebreton is wonderful, and the stories they share are truly fascinating. Kudos to LeBreton for making the somewhat dangerous trek across the country of Brazil so that readers could have an accurate and honest view of the problems that plague the area.

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Summary of Voices from the Amazon (Kumarian Press Books for a World That Works)

*Stories told by indigenous peoples of the Amazon, including Indians, rubber tappers, miners, loggers, and ranchers

*Suggests social and political reforms that could sustain the lives of rain forest dwellers and the planet

*Written by an activist who set out by bus, truck, boat, and on foot to live with rich and poor inhabitants of Brazil

Follow Le Breton through one of the Earth?s last great frontiers--the Brazilian Amazon--and meet the people whose voices have too seldom been heard. Voices from the Amazon reveals the complexity of daily life in remote forest settlements and gritty river towns, uncovering the truth about development in the Amazon.

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