View from the Fazenda : a tale of the Brazilian heartlands / Ellen Bromfield Geld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geld, Ellen Bromfield, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Social life and customs.

São Paulo (Brazil : State).

Plantation life--Brazil--São Paulo (State).

Plantation life.

Brazil--São Paulo (State).

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--History--20th century.

Geld, Ellen Bromfield, 1932-.

Geld, Ellen Bromfield.

Physical Description:

350 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2003]

Contents:

1 Of Gravity and Distance 1

2 A Place of Learning 6

3 The Frontier's Edge 11

4 A Frontier Town 21

5 A Quest for Land 33

6 The Incorrigible Pioneers 40

7 Of Chance and Circumstance and Juca de Botucatu 48

8 Fazenda Pau D'Alho 54

9 The Casa da Fazenda 62

10 A Step into the Past 67

11 Of the Passage of Days and the Meaning of Trees 79

12 While Politicians Sleep, Brazil Grows 86

13 John the Bull and His Harem 91

14 Of Cattle and Men 100

15 "Resting Our Idea" 105

16 Of Cattle Shows, Writers, and Sculptors 117

17 Of Italian Immigrants and "Clubes 4-S" 125

18 Coming of Age in the Valley of the Tiete 140

19 Of Frost and Exodus to the Amazon 153

20 The Worlds of Aparecido and Jose 167

21 Gold in the Rivers 184

22 The Trees of the Future 192

23 A Wedding of Two Worlds 201

24 A Handful of Grass 209

25 The Man in the Bell Jar 220

26 A Timeless Place 231

27 The Meaning of a Way of Life 247

28 The One Who Knows... 260

29 The Ohioans and Parana 273

30 The Heifer of the Future 291

31 Dona Zeze and the Schoolhouse by the Road 308

32 The Heart of Brazil 315

33 Of Roots and Ideas 337.

ISBN:

0821414747

OCLC:

50123072