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"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 140 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
Explorations in American Archaeology is a collection of original essays relating to the areas of archaeology within which Hurt conducted pioneering research. The contributions include a number of noted scholars in both North And South America and reflect Hurt's regional and topical interests. This volume is focused to a considerable degree of continuity among its contributions. Many of the papers provide new data and insights related to seminal and contemporary issues in American archaeology, and is strengthened by Pedro Schmitz and other prominent Brazilian archaeologists who provide new and unpublished data regarding native subsistence strategies. Due to the integration and continuity of the entire volume, those searching for specific information will finds essays throughout the volume useful to their purposes.
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
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Trata-se do resgate histórico-documental sobre a conquista do último reduto do sertão inculto paulista, entre os rios Tietê e Paranapanema, desde a descida da serra Botucatu às barrancas do rio Paraná, no bandeirismo de 1850/1851, comandado por José Theodoro de Souza e seu exército bugreiro , naquela que foi um maior chacina paulista contra tribos indígenas no século XIX. Mas, os documentos levantados também apontam passagens anteriores do homem branco pela região, entre a serra Botucatu e os aldeamentos jesuíticos espanhóis às margens do Paranapanema (1608/1628); depois a fazenda jesuítica Botucatu no cimo da serra, nos anos 1719/1759, e a senda militar assentada sobre antig...
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