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• catalog abstract ""Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries - and Brazil has one of the most inequitable land distributions in the world, with vast tracts of land held by often absentee landowners. Meanwhile thousands of peasants live in marginal lands in cities and rural areas." "The Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has proved a huge success with the disenfrachised rural and urban poor in Brazil - becoming one of the largest social movements in the world. Cutting the Wire is the first account in English of the origins, history and current challenges faced by Brazil's poor majority. The authors have travelled the vast expanse of the country to record the words and actions of hundreds of activists who have taken their lives into their own hands."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12567241.
• catalog contributor b12567242.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description ""Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries - and Brazil has one of the most inequitable land distributions in the world, with vast tracts of land held by often absentee landowners. Meanwhile thousands of peasants live in marginal lands in cities and rural areas." "The Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has proved a huge success with the disenfrachised rural and urban poor in Brazil - becoming one of the largest social movements in the world. Cutting the Wire is the first account in English of the origins, history and current challenges faced by Brazil's poor majority. The authors have travelled the vast expanse of the country to record the words and actions of hundreds of activists who have taken their lives into their own hands."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-297) and index.".
• catalog description "The founding of the MST -- The consolidation of the MST -- The MST moves northwards -- The occupation -- The settlements -- Education in the MST -- Massacre in the Amazon -- Repression in Paraná -- The globalisation of Brazilian agriculture -- Agrarian reform through the market -- The government's counter-offensive -- The green option -- From a culture of resistance to a culture of liberation -- The MST in historical perspective.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 305 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Cutting the wire.".
• catalog identifier "1899365516".
• catalog isFormatOf "Cutting the wire.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London : Latin America Bureau,".
• catalog relation "Cutting the wire.".
• catalog spatial "Brazil".
• catalog subject "333.3/181 21".
• catalog subject "HD1333.B6 B72 2002".
• catalog subject "Land reform Brazil History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Brazil) History.".
• catalog subject "Peasants Brazil Political activity History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Peasants Political activity Brazil History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The founding of the MST -- The consolidation of the MST -- The MST moves northwards -- The occupation -- The settlements -- Education in the MST -- Massacre in the Amazon -- Repression in Paraná -- The globalisation of Brazilian agriculture -- Agrarian reform through the market -- The government's counter-offensive -- The green option -- From a culture of resistance to a culture of liberation -- The MST in historical perspective.".
• catalog title "Cutting the wire : the story of the landless movement in Brazil / Sue Branford and Jan Rocha.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".