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The Realities of Images
Gerald Michael Greenfield
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Imperial Brazil and the Great Drought
出版American Philosophical Society, 2001
主題History / Latin America / South AmericaNature / Natural DisastersNature / WeatherSocial Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
ISBN08716991179780871699114
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WSELAAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In Feb. 1877, a letter from the county council of Telha, a town of 600 people located in the Serra da Mattos in Brazil reported that people were dying from starvation. The previous year's rainy season had been sparse, and the harvest, poor. Now, this season's rains still had not appeared. This was the Great Drought -- three years of failed rains enshrined in Brazilian memory as the worst drought ever to hit Brazil's northeast. Drought had visited the region throughout its history, with the earliest recorded occurrences dating back to the 16th century. The failure of rains in 1877 was devastating, for it caught the provinces of the north totally unprepared. The specter of periodic droughts producing dislocation and death continues to haunt the region.