This work assesses the interplay between the evolution of frontiers and the associated geographical mobility/circulation in the Brazilian Amazon at the settlement level. It serves a dual goal: it explores the regularities in the frontier mobility process, and reveals the meaning of frontier migration and settlement dynamics for people's lives. To address these objectives a combination of theoretical frameworks (positivist, historical-structural and humanistic approaches) and multi methods is deployed. Frontier settlers and settlements of Central Roraima State, Brazil, are used as reference in...