Translation of: A colonização dirigida na Amazônia, 1970-1980.

1. The Decade of Colonization -- Pt. 1. The Dimensions of the Frontier. 2. Rural Frontier and Urban Frontier. 3. Occupation and Availability of and in the Amazon. 4. Agricultural Suitability of Amazon Soils. 5. The Closing Frontier -- Pt. 2. The Frontier and the State. 6. The Role of the Brazilian State on the Amazon Frontier. 7. Spatial Homogenization of the Amazon. 8. Directed Settlement. 9. Complementing Institutions. 10. The Cost of Directed Colonization -- Pt. 3. The Frontier and the Market. 11. The Expansion of the Market. 12. The Economic Dynamic of Colonization. 13. The Appropriation of Agricultural Surplus. 14. Colonists' Market Response. 15. Frontier Merchants -- Pt. 4. The Colonists. 16. The Appropriation of Income in Directed Colonization. 17. Costs and Benefits. 18. Market Segmentation. 19. Agricultural Strategies. 20. Differentiation on the Frontier. 21. Itinerancy and Adaptation to the Amazon. 22. Colonization and Agrarian Reform: The Current Debate. 23. Postscript: The Many Dimensions of the Amazon Frontier.