For courses in U.S. History Survey II (since 1865), American Studies, Women's Studies, American Civilization, Art, Art History, History of Photography and Communications Theory. This text shows students how to examine and analyze historical photographs as documentary sources in historical research. It takes a case study approach, and also presents many examples of assignments that instructors can use to challenge students to think about using photographs themselves.

Insights into American History: Photographs as Documents

History

Levine, Robert M.

Americas

Pearson

1970 Columbia HARDCOVER, 270pp, 8vo.

The Vargas Regime: The Critical Years 1934-1938

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Secret Missions to Cuba: Fidel Castro, Bernardo Benes, and Cuban Miami

A revealing account of the hidden history of Cuban-American relations--and the portrait of an American hero.

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The massacre of Canudos In 1897 is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. Looking at the event through the eyes of the inhabitants, Levine challenges traditional interpretations and gives weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were of mixed-raced descent and were thus perceived as opponents to progress and civilization. In 1897 Brazilian military forces destroyed the millenarian settlement of Canudos, murdering as many as 35,000 pious rural folk who had taken refuge in the remote northeast backlands of Brazil. Fictionalized in Mario Vargas Llosa's acclaimed novel, War at the End of the World, Canudos is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. When looked at through the eyes of the inhabitants of Canudos, however, this historical incident lends itself to a bold new interpretation which challenges the traditional polemics on the subject. While the Canudos movement has been consistently viewed either as a rebellion of crazed fanatics or as a model of proletarian resistance to oppression, Levine deftly demonstrates that it was, in fact, neither. Vale of Tears probes the reasons for the Brazilian ambivalence toward its social history, giving much weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were of mixed-race descent. They were perceived as opponents to progress and civilization and, by inference, to Brazil's attempts to "whiten" itself. As a result there are major insights to be found here into Brazilians' self-image over the past century.

Vale of Tears: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897

University of California Press

Father of the Poor?: Vargas and his Era (New Approaches to the Americas)

This book examines the life and times of Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian dictator and president for most of the period from 1930 to 1954. It asks how Vargas' legacy influenced Brazil, and to what extent his social legislation affected people's lives. Vargas ignored individual rights and devoted as much effort to manipulating workers as to benefiting them. He did not perceive the unequal distribution of power as a problem that needed to be solved. Although Vargas promised much and delivered little, Brazilians idolized him. Ordinary people would shrug and say, "The President always thought about us."

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Cambridge University Press

This book examines the life and times of Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian dictator and president for most of the period from 1930 to 1954. It asks how Vargas' legacy influenced Brazil, and to what extent his social legislation affected people's lives. Vargas ignored individual rights and devoted as much effort to manipulating workers as to benefiting them. He did not perceive the unequal distribution of power as a problem that needed to be solved. Although Vargas promised much and delivered little, Brazilians idolized him. Ordinary people would shrug and say, "The President always thought about us."

Brazilian Legacies (Perspectives on Latin America and the Caribbean)

Focusing on Brazil, this text covers issues such as: the legacy of colour; social realities; and diversions and assertive behaviour.

Routledge

Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.

Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities)

Maria De Jesus, Carolina

Vinkler, Beth Joan

Oliveira, Emanuelle

This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies.

Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750 (Latin American Realities)

Lane, Kris E

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Insights into American History: Photographs as Documents

The Vargas Regime: The Critical Years 1934-1938

Secret Missions to Cuba: Fidel Castro, Bernardo Benes, and Cuban Miami

Vale of Tears: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897

Father of the Poor?: Vargas and his Era (New Approaches to the Americas)

Father of the Poor?: Vargas and his Era (New Approaches to the Americas)

Brazilian Legacies (Perspectives on Latin America and the Caribbean)

Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities)

Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750 (Latin American Realities)

Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750 (Latin American Realities)