Brazil (Wealth Of Nations)

by Anna Lewington (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $112.68

  This text introduces Brazil as a country of great contrasts with vast natural resources. It looks at the country region by region - social conditions, economy, history and the huge diveristy of people and cultures. Brazil's main industries, as well as the Amazon rainforest, are examined. This series deals with economic activity and development in the world's poorer countries. It contains case studies of communities and individuals. Physical and human geography are combined with history, especially of colonial and post-colonial links to other countries. It includes real life case studies of communities and individuals including quotes, and looks positively towards a country's future and solutions to its problems. The series supports development education and multicultural studies.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $4.19

  As the people of Brazil tell their own stories about their lives, their jobs, their families, learn how these changes affect them. Some are becoming rich while others have difficulty finding enough to eat. Find out how the largest remaining rain forest on the planet has been partially destroyed, and what is now being done to protect it. It also includes maps and graphic panels showing statistics and fact boxes about size, flag, population, religion, currency, language.