Grande Seca
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The Grande Seca, the Great Drought, or the Brazilian drought of 1877–78 is the largest and most devastating drought in Brazilian history.[1] It caused the deaths of between 400,000 and 500,000 people.[2][3] Of the 800,000 people who lived in the affected Northeastern region, around 120,000 migrated to the Amazon while 68,000 migrated to other parts of Brazil.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Drought, Smallpox, and Emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in Northeastern Brazil." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- ^ a b Amazônia: interesses e conflitos (Portuguese)
- ^ "Ó Gráda, C.: Famine: A Short History." Princeton University Press.
Further reading[edit]
Nonfiction[edit]
- Michael H. Glantz; Currents of Change : El Niño's Impact on Climate and Society; published 1996 by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-57659-8
- Michael H. Glantz (editor); Drought Follows The Plow: Cultivating Marginal Areas; published 1994 by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-44252-4
- Fagan, Brian; Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Niño and the Fate of Civilizations; published 2000 by Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-01121-7
- Nicholas G. Arons; Waiting for Rain: The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil; published 2004 by University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-2433-5
- Euclides da Cunha, Rebellion in the Backlands
Fiction[edit]
- Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas ("Barren Lives"), novel
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