SOSC 2460 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lacandon Jungle, Bracero Program, Favela

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2460
• Professor: James Cypher

Document Summary

Occurred between the 1940 s and 1950s and increased agricultural production around the world. The rockefeller foundation: family had deep interests in latin america, oil reserves, funded the green revolution. Did not want communism in mexico, or else its investments would. Green revolution created miracle seeds be hurt: fertilizers, insecticides, cross breading, very expensive mexican government subsidized seeds and allowed for farmers to buy trucks. From exported to importer: from human food to animal food. From maize, rice, beans, to sorghum: in the 1970s, mexico was not able to feed itself. The atlantic forest in brazil was said to be needed to conserve by the military in the 1960s and 1970s: military tells peasants to migrate to the amazon. Lacandon forest: doing slash and burn agriculture, as the government starts to loose control of the communities in lacandon, they start to say they need to conserve the land.