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Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the critical issues facing Brazil, the contributors to this volume analyze the democratization of the country's media, its nuclear capabilities, changing crime rates, the spread of Pentecostalism and indigenous religions, the development of popular culture, the growth of Brazilian agribusiness, and the implementation of sustainable economic development, especially in the Amazon.<div><br /></div>

First published in 1932, these papers record the spectacular discoveries found at Mound C at the Etowah site in Georgia. These excavations, along with several digs conducted in Mississippi from 1924-1928, changed the American perspective of the achie

Exploring the sex trade in America from 1850 to 1920 through perspectives from archaeologists and historians, this volume expands the geographic and thematic scope of research on the subject, helping create an inclusive and nuanced view of social relations in United States history.

<em>Geologic History of Florida</em>&nbsp;covers the complete geologic history of the Sunshine State--a saga approximately 700 million years long.

John Juricek explains how British failures, including the growing gap between promises and actions, led not only to a loss of potential allies among the Creeks but also to the rapid conversion of dutiful British subjects into outraged revolutionaries.

Rediscover some of the most courageous dancers of the twentieth century

This volume explores the local specificities and global forces that shaped Jewish experiences in the Americas across five centuries, illuminating the culturally, religiously, and politically diverse lives of Jewish minorities in the Western Hemisphere.