Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Tables viii
4. Maps x
5. Charts x
6. Graphs xi
7. Acknowledgments xiii
8. 1. The Decade of Colonization 1
9. Part 1: The Dimensions of the Frontier
10. Introduction 13
11. 2. Rural Frontier and Urban Frontier 15
12. 3. Occupation and Availability of Land in the Amazon 31
13. 4. Agricultural Suitability of Amazon Soils 44
14. 5. The Closing Frontier 53
15. Part 2: The Frontier and the State
16. Introduction 63
17. 6. The Role of the Brazilian State on the Amazon Frontier 65
18. 7. Spatial Homogenization of the Amazon 70
19. 8. Directed Settlement 85
20. 9. Complementing Institutions 103
21. 10. The Cost of Directed Colonization 111
22. Part 3: The Frontier and the Market
23. Introduction 119
24. 11. The Expansion of the Market 121
25. 12. The Economic Dynamic of Colonization 129
26. 13. The Appropriation of Agricultural Surplus 147
27. 14. Colonists' Market Response 163
28. 15. Frontier Merchants 181
29. Part 4: The Colonists
30. Introduction 204
31. 16. The Appropriation of Income in Directed Colonization 208
32. 17. Costs and Benefits 234
33. 18. Market Segmentation 246
34. 19. Agricultural Strategies 264
35. 20. Differentiation on the Frontier 283
36. 21. Itinerancy and Adaptation to the Amazon 307
37. 22. Colonization and Agrarian Reform: The Current Debate 317
38. 23. Postscript: The Many Dimensions of the Amazon Frontier 331
39. Glossary 335
40. Bibliography 339
41. Index 365