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Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
x, 527 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Indispensable introduction to Brazil for students and general readers includes short scholarly articles, interviews, documents, photographs, and many autobiographical pieces. Begins with precontact indigenous peoples, but about half deals with Brazil since 1945. Topics include indigenous peoples, slavery, Vargas and labor, political protest, women, race relations, marginal groups, and popular culture. Overarching themes are mobility and repression"...
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
437 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politics, all of which are examined from many perspectives in The Ecuador Reader. Spanning the years before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 1500s to the present, this rich anthology addresses colonialism, independence, the nation's integration into the world economy, and...
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Second edition, revised and updated.
Physical Desc
xv, 586 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the first encounters between the Portuguese and indigenous peoples in 1500 to the current political turmoil, the history of Brazil is much more complex and dynamic than the usual representations of it as the home of Carnival, soccer, the Amazon, and samba would suggest. This extensively revised and expanded second edition of the best-selling Brazil Reader dives deep into the past and present of a country marked by its geographical vastness and...
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Second edition, revised and updated.
Physical Desc
xiii, 727 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beginning with the first written account of the island, penned by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the selections assembled here track Cuban history from the colonial period through the ascendancy of Fidel Castro to the present. The Cuba Reader combines songs, paintings, photographs, poems, short stories, speeches, cartoons, government reports and proclamations, and pieces by historians, journalists, and others. Most of these are by Cubans, and many...
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xix, 515 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jamaica, the largest of the English-speaking Caribbean islands, has had an influence far greater than its size. The astonishing cultural reach of Jamaicans into the global mainstream is unmistakable. By contrast, many lesser-known aspects of the island's powerful history are unevenly recognized. The Jamaica Reader covers the sweeping story of Jamaica's past and present from its indigenous origins before European contact, to its twenty-first century...
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