Stringing Together a Nation : Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906-1930 /

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Examines the life of one of the most fascinating and debated figures in modern Brazil, Candido Rondon, by melding traditional and new research approaches into an informal and clear narrative style of history. It brings to the English-speaking academic public a welcome deconstruction of recent Brazil...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Diacon, Todd A. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Rondon, Cândido M.
Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva, > 1865-1958.
Brazil. > Comissão de Linhas Telegráficas Estrategicas de Mato Grosso ao Amazonas.
História do brasil > 1906-1930.
Telegraph.
Positivism.
Indians of South America > Government relations.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
positivism.
Positivisme.
Indiens d'Amerique > Bresil > Relations avec l'État.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Government relations.
Telegraph > Brazil > History.
Brazil.
Amazon River Valley.
Bresil > Histoire > 1889-1930.
Amazon River Valley > Discovery and exploration.
Brazil > History > 1889-1930.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Stringing Together a People and a Place
  • 2. Building the Lonely Line, 1907-1915
  • 3. Working and Living on the Lonely Line
  • 4. The Power of Positivism
  • 5. Living with Others on the Lonely Line
  • 6. Selling a Person and a Product: Public Relations and the Rondon Telegraph Commission
  • 7. The Legacy of the Lonely Line
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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