The Battle of Rubber and public development policies for the Amazon

Francisco Eleud Gomes da Silva1

Emerson Dias da Silva2

Eduardo Gomes da Silva Filho3

Abstract

In this article, we will discuss public development policies for Amazon. In the first moment, the highlight will be natural

rubber, both in the first and in the second phase, when the resumption of its production will occur, which, at that mo-

ment, became known as “Battle of rubber”. Subsequently, public development policies will have a new direction, which

will include the creation of several bodies that will be part of the infrastructure to be used for the Amazon development

program, during the period of the Vargas government and, especially, after the military coup d’état.

Keywords: Battle of the rubber. Public Policies. Developmentalism. Amazon.