Richard Graham

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Independence in Latin America

Contrasts and Comparisons

University of Texas Press

Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810–1825) in all of Latin America.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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New Approaches to Latin American History

University of Texas Press

Originally published in 1974, this is a collection of original essays by distinguished scholars proposing original concepts and methods for analyzing crucial problems in Latin American history.

  • Copyright year: 1974
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Machado de Assis

Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer

Edited by Richard Graham
University of Texas Press

This book is designed not only to call new attention to this Brazilian master but also to raise questions about the nature of literature itself and current alternative views on how it can be approached.

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Feeding the City

From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860

University of Texas Press

This social and cultural history of the provisioning of Salvador, Brazil, as it moved from colony to independent city encompasses a whole society by looking at a broadly defined occupation—the food trade—and showing the connections between and among social categories.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The Idea of Race in Latin America, 1870-1940

Edited by Richard Graham
University of Texas Press

While Latin American leaders wanted a closer connection with Europe and North America, these regions' views on nonwhites came in conflict with Latin America's heterogenous racial makeup; this book examines how some countries navigated this dilemma.

  • Copyright year: 1990
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Brazil and the World System

Edited by Richard Graham
University of Texas Press

Provocative insights not only about Brazil but also about the nature of colonialism in general and its relationship to the rise of capitalism in Europe.

  • Copyright year: 1991
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