Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Buckley, Eve E.
Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil - The University of North Carolina Press 2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Development politics and scientific expertise -- Climate and culture: constructing sertanejo marginality in modern Brazil -- Civilizing the sertão: public health in Brazil's hinterland, 1910s -- Engineering the drought zone: the birth of IFOCS, 1909-1930 -- Patronizing the Northeast: IFOCS under Vargas in the 1930s -- Watering Brazil's desert: agronomists and sertão reform, 1932-1955 -- Modernizing a region: economists as development experts, 1948-1964 -- Science, politics, and social reform.
9781469634326 9781469634319
Brazil. Inspectoria Federal de Obras contra as Seccas.
Drought relief--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Drought relief--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Irrigation engineering--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Irrigation engineering--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Sustainable development--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Sustainable development--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Electronic Books.
HD1696 / .T434 2017
Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil - The University of North Carolina Press 2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Development politics and scientific expertise -- Climate and culture: constructing sertanejo marginality in modern Brazil -- Civilizing the sertão: public health in Brazil's hinterland, 1910s -- Engineering the drought zone: the birth of IFOCS, 1909-1930 -- Patronizing the Northeast: IFOCS under Vargas in the 1930s -- Watering Brazil's desert: agronomists and sertão reform, 1932-1955 -- Modernizing a region: economists as development experts, 1948-1964 -- Science, politics, and social reform.
9781469634326 9781469634319
Brazil. Inspectoria Federal de Obras contra as Seccas.
Drought relief--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Drought relief--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Irrigation engineering--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Irrigation engineering--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Sustainable development--Political aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Sustainable development--Social aspects--Brazil, Northeast.
Electronic Books.
HD1696 / .T434 2017