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Portugal and Brazil in Transition
University of Minnesota Press 1968; US$ 72.00Through a series of essays on various aspects of Portuguese and Brazilian culture, this book presents an enlightening picture of contemporary civilization in the two countries and a forecast of what the next twenty years or so may bring. The authors discuss subjects in such basic fields as literature, linguistics, history, the social sciences, geography,... more...
Straining at the Anchor
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 45.00The "Argentine disappointment"—why Argentina persistently failed to achieve sustained economic stability during the twentieth century—is an issue that has mystified scholars for decades. In Straining the Anchor , Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor provide many of the missing links that help explain this important historical episode.... more...
The Expansion of Tolerance
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 20.00Two renowned experts on religious tolerance in early modern Brazil more...
Measuring the New World
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 27.50Prior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission’s participants referred to the transfer... more...
The Throes of Democracy
Zed Books 2008; US$ 25.95In The Throes of Democracy Bryan McCann gives a panoramic view of Brazil's recent development, exploring the relationships between the rise of the political left, the escalation of urban violence, the agribusiness boom and the spread of pentecostal evangelization. more...
Democracy, Citizenship and Youth
International Development Research Centre 2009; US$ 57.50What is the place of young people in todays complex and rapidly changing world? Young people are both a mirror for and a reflection of their societies, and yet the subject of youth is radically under-researched. To enable a greater understanding of the dynamics of society, it is therefore fundamentally important to understand the perceptions... more...
The Statues that Walked
Free Press 2011; US$ 26.00T he monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island?s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote... more...
Couture and Consensus
University of Minnesota Press 2010; US$ 75.00Following Argentinas revolution in 1810, the dress of young patriots inspired a nation and distanced its politics from the relics of Spanish colonialism. Fashion writing often escaped the notice of authorities, allowing authors to masquerade political ideas under the guise of frivolity and entertainment. In Couture and Consensus , Regina A. Root... more...
Latin American Independence
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 13.50Maps and illustrations are included, as are a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index. more...
Early Brazil
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 22.00Presents original sources that illustrate the process of conquest, colonization, and settlement in Brazil. more...









