Brazil--The Gathering Millions
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Documents the present circumstances of the Brazilian peasant and the penalties which a people must pay when population grows at a faster rate than the means of sustaining life. Traces the migratory cycle of the rural poor as they seek a better way of life in the cities but find overcrowded conditions and no opportunities and thus are forced back to the frontiers and a subsistence level of living., This first episode documents the circumstances of Brazilian peasants and the penalties which a population must pay when population grows at a faster rate than the means of sustaining life. Traces the migratory cycle of the rural poor as they seek a better way of life in the cities but find overcrowded conditions and no opportunities and thus are forced back to the frontiers and a subsistence level of living.
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Documents the present circumstances of the Brazilian peasant and the penalties which a people must pay when population grows at a faster rate than the means of sustaining life. Traces the migratory cycle of the rural poor as they seek a better way of life in the cities but find overcrowded conditions and no opportunities and thus are forced back to the frontiers and a subsistence level of living., Examines Brazil's population problem which is characterized on the one hand by excessive population growth in the cities and on the other by a rapid decrease in population in the rural areas., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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