Brazil through the Eyes of William James : Letters, Diaries, and Drawings, 1865-1866, Bilingual Edition/Edicao Bilingue Hardback
by William James
Edited by Maria Helena P. T. Machado
Part of the Series on Latin American Studies series
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In 1865, twenty-three-year-old William James began his studies at the Harvard Medical School.
When he learned that one of his most esteemed professors, Louis Agassiz, then director of the recently established Museum of Comparative Zoology, was preparing a research expedition to Brazil, James offered his services as a voluntary collector.
Over the course of a year, James kept a diary, wrote letters to his family, and sketched the plants, animals, and people he observed.
During this journey, James spent time primarily in Rio de Janeiro, Belem, and Manaus, and along the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon Basin. This volume is a critical, bilingual (English–Portuguese) edition of William James’s diaries and letters and also includes reproductions of his drawings.
This original material belongs to the Houghton Archives at Harvard University and is of great interest to both William James scholars and Brazilian studies experts.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages, 38 line drawings; 10 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center f
- Publication Date:01/10/2006
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- ISBN:9780674021334
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages, 38 line drawings; 10 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center f
- Publication Date:01/10/2006
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- ISBN:9780674021334
