The Amazon: Land without History (Library of Latin America)

Da Cunha, Euclides; Sousa, Ronald W.

ISBN 10: 0195172043 / ISBN 13: 9780195172041

Published by Oxford University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Amazon: Land without History (Library of Latin America)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195172043
• ISBN 13: 9780195172041
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

In the eight pieces that make up Land Without History, first published in Portuguese in 1909, Euclides da Cunha offers a rare look into twentieth century Amazonia, and the consolidation of South American nation states.
Mixing scientific jargon and poetic language, the essays in Land Without History provide breathtaking descriptions of the Amazonian rivers and the ever-changing nature that surrounds them.
Brilliantly translated by Ronald Sousa, Land Without History offers a view of the ever changing ecology of the Amazon, and a compelling testimony to the Brazilian colonial enterprise, and its imperialist tendencies with regard to neighboring nation-states.

About the Author

Lúcia Sá is at Stanford University. Ronald W. Sousa is at University of Illinois.