Waiting for Rain: The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil.(Book Review)

From: Environmental Law | Date: January 1, 2005 | Copyright information

WAITING FOR RAIN: THE POLITICS AND POETRY OF DROUGHT IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Nicholas Gabriel Arons. 355 S. Euclid, Suite 103, Tucson, Arizona 85719: University of Arizona Press, October 2004. (800) 426-3797. www.uapress.arizona.edu. ISBN 0-81652-330-4. 251 pp. $17.95 Paperback.

When droughts hit northeastern Brazil, thousands of rural workers are forced to abandon their homes for the cities in search of work. The double impact of drought and corruption--with politicians taking advantage of drought to buy votes and pilfer government accounts--contributes to a cycle of human ...

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