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Stringing together a nation : Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the construction of a modern Brazil, 1906-1930 / Todd A. Diacon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diacon, Todd A.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva, 1865-1958.
- Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva.
- Brazil. Comissão de Linhas Telegráficas Estratégicas de Mato Grosso ao Amazonas.
- Brazil.
- Telegraph--Brazil--History.
- Telegraph.
- Indians of South America--Brazil--Government relations.
- Indians of South America.
- Positivism.
- Brazil--History--1889-1930.
- Amazon River Valley--Discovery and exploration.
- Amazon River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This analysis of the career of Candido Rondon, an army officer who founded and directed Brazil's Indian Protection Service, provides an avenue to deconstruct recent Brazilian historiography on nation building, indigenous people, and state action.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Stringing Together a People and a Place; 2. Building the Lonely Line, 1907-1915; 3. Working and Living on the Lonely Line; 4. The Power of Positivism; 5. Living with Others on the Lonely Line; 6. Selling a Person and a Product: Public Relations and the Rondon Telegraph Commission; 7. The Legacy of the Lonely Line; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613064844
- 9781283064842
- 1283064847
- 9780822385479
- 0822385473
- OCLC:
- 191855677
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