Ebook: The deepest wounds: a labor and environmental history of sugar in Northeast Brazil

An eternal verdure: the longue dure of the zona da mata -- A laboring landscape: the environmental discourse of the Northeast's sugar elite, from Nabuco to Freyre -- A landscape of captivity: power and the definition of work and space -- Modernizing the sugar industry: cane expansion and the path toward rationalization -- The zona da mata aflame: political upheaval, strikes, and fire -- The only game in town: workers, planters, and the dictatorship -- An agricultural boom and its unexpected consequences -- Conclusion: power, labor, and the agro-environment of Pernambuco's sugarcane fields.