Twentieth Century Land Settlement Schemes

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Roy Jones (Curtin University, Australia) Alexandre M.A. Diniz (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Twentieth Century Land Settlement Schemes

Roy Jones (Curtin University, Australia), Alexandre M.A. Diniz (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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English

Routledge
30 June 2020

Development studies; Social & cultural history; Colonialism & imperialism; Indigenous peoples; Land rights

Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography

Land settlement schemes, sponsored by national governments and businesses, such as the Ford Corporation and the Hudson’s Bay Company, took place in locations as diverse as the Canadian Prairies, the Dutch polders, and the Amazonian rainforests. This novel contribution evaluates a diverse range of these initiatives.

By 1900, any land that remained available for agricultural settlement was often far from the settlers’ homes and located in challenging physical environments. Over the course of the twentieth century, governments, corporations and frequently desperate individuals sought out new places to settle across the globe from Alberta to Papua New Guinea. This book offers vivid reports of the difficulties faced by many of these settlers, including the experiences of East European Jewish refugees, New Zealand soldier settlers and urban families from Yorkshire.

This book considers how and why these settlement schemes succeeded, found other pathways to sustainability or succumbed to failure and even oblivion. In doing so, the book indicates pathways for the achievement of more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable forms of human settlement in marginal areas. This engaging collection will be of interest to individuals in the fields of historical geography, environmental history and development studies.

Edited by: Roy Jones (Curtin University Australia), Alexandre M.A. Diniz (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367585266
ISBN 10: 036758526X
Series: Routledge Research in Historical Geography
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roy Jones is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, where he has worked since 1970. He is an historical geographer with research interests in heritage, tourism and rural and regional change. Alexandre M. A. Diniz is a Professor in the Graduate Program in Geography at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. His major research interests are in human geography, primarily on agricultural frontiers, crime geography and regional geography with an emphasis on the Brazilian Amazon.