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The book reflects on the urban development of Rio de Janeiro. The author Verena, former president of Instituto Pereira Passos, (1993-2000) analyses official documents and plans of 10 urban projects elaborated for the city of Rio de Janeiro from the War of Independence to the early 20th century, such as: Report of Works of Beaurepaire-Rohan (1843), reports of the ComissÀo de Melhoramentos (1875-76) and the Plan of the City Reform by Prefeito Pereira Passos (1903-06), among other unpublished documents.
Includes entries for maps and atlases
In After Palmares, Marc A. Hertzman tells the rise, fall, and afterlives of Palmares, one of history’s largest and longest-lasting maroon societies. Forged during the seventeenth century by formerly enslaved Africans in what would become northeast Brazil, Palmares stood for a century, withstanding sustained attacks from two European powers. In 1695, colonial forces assassinated its most famous leader, Zumbi. Hertzman examines the remarkable ways that Palmares and its inhabitants lived on after Zumbi’s death, creating vivid portraits of those whose lives and voices scholars have often assumed are inaccessible. With an innovative approach to African languages, and paying close attention to place as well as African and diasporic spiritual beliefs, Hertzman reshapes our understanding of Palmares and Zumbi and advances a new framework for studying fugitive slave communities and marronage in the African diaspora.
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Apresenta um acervo inédito de Brasões de Armas, de famílias integrantes e vinculadas, por matrimônio, à Casa da Torre de Garcia d’Ávila e de instituições, considerado uma das mais importantes coleções, não somente do Brasil, mas de todo o Novo Mundo. Compreende: Brasões Reais, de Titulares, de Famílias, Eclesiásticos, Corporativos, de Domino e Brasões Assumidos, de alcance multissecular e internacional. A fascinante história de Caramuru e Paraguaçu, a primeira família brasileira, documentada, símbolos de congraçamento racial, e Garcia d’Ávila, o fundador da Casa da Torre, o maior latifúndio da História do Brasil.