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Autore |
Cunha Euclides da <1866-1909.> |
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Titolo |
The Amazon : land without history / / Euclides da Cunha ; translated from the Portuguese by Ronald Sousa ; edited with introduction and notes by Lúcia Sá |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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0-19-993895-4 |
1-283-02057-2 |
9786613020574 |
0-19-977518-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (125 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SáLúcia |
SousaRonald W. <1943-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Amazon River Valley History |
Acre (Brazil) Description and travel |
Acre (Brazil) History |
Amazon River Valley Description and travel |
Purus River (Peru and Brazil) Description and travel |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the Portuguese. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-96). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Introduction; Translator's Note; General Impressions; Rivers in Abandon; This Accursed Climate; The Caucheros; Judas Ahasverus; ""Brazilians""; Transacreana; Glossary; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Features eight essays by Euclides da Cunha, about his trip through the Amazonin 1905, written to describe the Brazilian hinterlands to the urban citizens. |
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