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7 mars 2014
- doi: 10.4000/books.iheal.1387
- eisbn: 9782371540255
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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colonisation intérieure régions tropicales frontières pays tropicaux economic development Geography Political Science Public Admin. & Development POL057000 JPASujets proches
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Alistair Hennessy, « The frontier in Latin American history », Éditions de l’IHEAL, ID : 10.4000/books.iheal.1387
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In 1931 the American geographer Isaac Bowman referred to Latin America as a « continent of pioneer fringes ». Years later to-day, his words are still true but now hitherto neglected regions have become a matter of interest and concern for academic specialists, economists, sociologists, development planners, multi-national corporations, governments and even inarticulate pioneers themselves. This burgeoning interest in new frontiers of settlement stems from an awareness that empty regions are p...