The World Is Burning: Murder in the Rain Forest
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0316787396
ISBN 13
9780316787390
Category
330-339 Economics
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Publication Year
1990
Publisher
Pages
377
Subject
Mendes, Chico, -- 1944-1988. Mendes, Chico.
Abstract
Combines a knowledge of Brazilian culture, society, and natural history with a portrait of the modern martyr, Mendes
Description
The story of Chico Mendes, self-taught environmentalist and leader of a people fighting to save their way of life in the rainforest, who was gunned down outside his home in Brazil's remote state of Acre in late 1988.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Biographies
Biography
Named Person: Chico Mendes; Chico Mendes; Chico Mendes; Chico d 1988 Mendes
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alex Shoumatoff
ISBN: 0316787396 9780316787390 0701136928 9780701136925
OCLC Number: 21558467
Description: xvi, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Alex Shoumatoff.
Biography
Named Person: Chico Mendes; Chico Mendes; Chico Mendes; Chico d 1988 Mendes
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alex Shoumatoff
ISBN: 0316787396 9780316787390 0701136928 9780701136925
OCLC Number: 21558467
Description: xvi, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Alex Shoumatoff.
Number of Copies
1
