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Stringing Together a Nation: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 19061930
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by Todd A. Diacon
Sales Rank: 224506
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List Price: $22.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
Published by: Duke University Press January 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0822332493
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0822332497
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 11.8 ounces
Product Review
"The book is well written . . . making this relatively unknown chapter of Brazilian history interesting and accessible to a wide audience." -- Gail D. Triner, Business History Review
"[T]his book will be a key text in classes on Amazonian history for many years to come." -- Shawn Smallman, American Historical Review
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"[T]his gorgeously written work . . . will be accessible both to undergraduates and general readers. . . . With its account of the Roosevelt-Rondon expedition, its description of the human adventure the commission's work entailed, and its thoughtful judgments on Rondon himself, this book will be a key text in classes on Amazonian history for many years to come."
--Shawn Smallman, American Historical Review
"Stringing Together a Nation is an great social history with a fascinating story to tell. It reveals a chapter of Brazilian history that deserves attention, and it addresses a number of issues that economic and business historians of Brazil (and Latin America, more generally) have overlooked. The book is well written and a pleasure to read, making this relatively unknown chapter of Brazilian history interesting and accessible to a wide audience."
--Gail D. Triner, Business History Review
"[C]learly-written, well illustrated (with three maps and twenty-three photographs), and well-documented."
--Tamás Szmrecsányi, Enterprise & Society
“[An] great biography…. Diacon treats this literature with respect but correctly shows that it projects contemporary theories onto an era that could not have understood, much less embraced, them.”
--Michael L. Conniff, The Americas
“The text is straightforward and illustrative of the role of positivism and the military in early efforts at developing Brazil’s economic potential …. Diacon has written accessibly for the classroom, effectively combining biography with an illuminating discussion of the principal themes of nation-building in early-twentieth-century Brazil.”
--British Bulletin of Publications
“[E]xcellent and engaging. . . . In addition to these virtues, Diacon’s fluid prose sweeps the reader along through the geography of the vast Brazilian interior and the myriad difficulties Rondon and his workers faced as they built the line.”
--Zephyr Frank, Hispanic American Historical Review
Reader Reviews
Though in modern Brazil the name Rondon is very well known, even with a state (Rondonia) named after him, few people know the reason for his fame and the particulars that drove him to be Brazil's greatest native explorer. Rondon's name is attached to the telegraph service and indian protection. In this book, the author explores the history of the telegraph commission led by Rondon, from its humble beginnings after the Paraguay war to the great nation building plan to occupy the Amazon. It describes the successes and the organization that was put together to build the telegraph and then moved on to occupation of lands after the end of telegraph building. There is a special chapter on the Rondon and Roosevelt expedition which uncovered the route of the Rio da Dúvida, later renamed Rio Roosevelt. In it the conflicts between the Americans (Roosevelt, his son and a few scientists) and the Brazilians are clear, as Rondon seeks to map correctly the route as they are running out fo food and getting dangerously sick. An important section of the book is also devoted to Rondon's positivism and an explanation of the routes and beliefs of positivists in Brazil. Rondon was influenced during his military training and kept the beliefs of positivism as a religion to the end of his life. It guided much of his relationships with indians, seeking to bring them into an enlightened society and avoiding their contact with the church, which would be a strong nemesis of his throughout his life. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the life of Rondon or the history of nation building in Brazil. You will come out with a good understanding of the roots of the Brazilian republic and perhaps the reasons why Brazil has not faced as many internal fissures as most of its neighbors.
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