Twentieth-Century Revolutions: A Collection

Twentieth-Century Revolutions: A Collection [Coleção Revoluções do Século 20] This series, organized and overseen by Emília Viotti da Costa, one of the most eminent Brazilian historians, displays an ample global panorama of the revolutions of the twentieth century. Written by authors of varied nationalities and diverse political positions, the books are intended to promote awareness…

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What Freud Said About Women

A study into Freud’s world unveils his interest in women A psychoanalyst examines Freud’s environment to understand how the father of psychoanalysis established his models and concepts At the end of the nineteenth century, some clinical symptoms challenged the rational knowledge of medicine. Unable to physically identify what afflicted some women, they were labeled hysterical….

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Peace in the Slave Quarters

A study grounded in the history of the anonymous and their immediate social relations dismantles myths about slavery in Brazil Two scholars take “History of Private Life” as a starting point to recover new aspects of marriage and family relations among Brazilian slaves For many decades, it was believed that family relations among slaves were…

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Summary – The Peace of the Slave Quarters

Prologue: “So you had the guts to kill your children?”                          11 Part 1 1 On war and peace among slaves                                                                  21 2 On the supports to this study                                                                       33 Part 2 3 On the numbers of men and Africans                                                51 4 On feeling part of a slave family                                                       61 5 The relation…

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The Only Possible Life

Book portrays multiplicity of the Italian count who lived and died in Amazonia Collection of texts illustrates the various profiles and performances of Ermanno Stradelli, who played a delicate role of interpreter and revealer of the indigenous Amazonian cultures in the 19th and 20th centuries An Italian Count goes to Amazonia because of his curiosity…

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