Envisioning Brazil

Envisioning Brazil
Author: Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2005-10-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780299207700

Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945. "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil
Author: Lady Maria Callcott
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781354587782

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Maria Graham’s Journal of a Voyage to Brazil

Maria Graham’s Journal of a Voyage to Brazil
Author: Jennifer Hayward
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2010-11-04
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 160235684X

The first scholarly edition of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Voyage to Brazil (1824). In addition to Graham's original journal, footnotes, and illustrations, the editors contextualize Graham’s narrative with a scholarly introduction, extensive annotations, and appendices including original reviews and Graham’s unpublished “Life of Don Pedro.”

The Cambridge History of Latin America

The Cambridge History of Latin America
Author: Leslie Bethell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 978
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521232241

Volume III looks at the period of history in Latin America from independence to c.1870.