Stringing Together a Nation: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906–1930

243 Pages·2004·1.712 MB·English

by  Todd A. Diacon

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DukeUniversityPress * DurhamandLondon * 2004

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three WorkingandLivingontheLonelyLine 53
four ThePowerofPositivism 79
five LivingwithOthersontheLonelyLine 101
six SellingaPersonandaProduct:PublicRelations
andtheRondonTelegraphCommission 131
seven TheLegacyoftheLonelyLine 155
Notes 163
Bibliography 207
Index 225

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Telegraphright-of-way 24
RondonandofficersontheJuruenaRiver 26
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RooseveltandRondon 35
Rondonandofficerswithsupplywagon 35
BrazilianandU.S.flags,Rondon-Rooseveltexpedition
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Rondon,TheodoreRoosevelt,andmembersofthe
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wishtothank,firstandforemost,thatunnamedindividualfor
thiswonderfulendowment.Foradditionalfundingforearlier
partsofmyresearchIalsothanktheNationalEndowmentfor
theHumanities(SummerStipendProgram)andtheFulbright
Foundation(LecturingandResearchAward).
ConductingarchivalresearchinBrazilisalwaysareward-
ing experience, due primarily to the staffs of the archives
discussed below. These fine professionals are committed to
furthering historical research in Brazil. But more than that,
the Brazilian archivists with whom I worked became both
my friends and advisors; indeed, these days a trip to Rio de
Janeiro would not be complete without stopping by to say
hellotothem.AttheMuseuHistóricodoExército,locatedin
theCopacabanaFort,SolangeCoelhoCalvano,MariaIsabel
TravassosRomano,MariaBleydaSilveira,IsabelMariaSan-
son Portela, Maria Lídgia Peçanha Alonso Gonçalves, Ivan
Coelho de Sá, and Tenente Gilson César da Silveira Bastos
mademyworkprofitableandcomfortable.
ThereisnobetterplacetoconductresearchinBrazilthan
at the Museu do Índio in Rio de Janeiro. The building and
grounds are lovely, but it is the people who make it special.

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