Errant Modernism: The Ethos of Photography in Mexico and Brazil 9780822389392

The Measurement of Modernism: A Study of Values in Brazil and Mexico 9781477304327

One of the most interesting questions that can be raised about the twentieth century world concerns the degree to which

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New Approaches to Resistance in Brazil and Mexico 9780822395072

This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effec

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Public Spectacles of Violence: Sensational Cinema and Journalism in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico and Brazil 9780822372899

Rielle Navitski examines the proliferation of cinematic and photographic images of violence in in early-twentieth-centur

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How Latin America Fell Behind: Essays on the Economic Histories of Brazil and Mexico 9781503622500

In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil’s. By 1913,

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Delirious Consumption: Aesthetics and Consumer Capitalism in Mexico and Brazil 9781477314364

In the decades following World War II, the creation and expansion of massive domestic markets and relatively stable econ

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Building New Democracies: Economic and Social Reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico 9781442671638

Duquette analyses the main public policies of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to explore examples of how countries make the tr

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Shadow Modernism: Photography, Writing, and Space in Shanghai, 1925–1937 0822368935, 9780822368939

During the early twentieth century, Shanghai was the center of China's new media culture. Described by the modernis

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Shadow Modernism: Photography, Writing, and Space in Shanghai, 1925-1937 9780822372523

William Schaefer traces how early twentieth century photographic practices in Shanghai provided artists, writers, and in

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The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil 9780472021437

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The Ethos of History: Time and Responsibility 9781785338854

At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globa

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