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The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America

The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America Page 569 Book Reviews Feature Review História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 2 edited by luiz felipe de alencastro. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1997. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. 523 pp. Cloth. História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 3 edited by nicolau sevcenko. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1998. 724 pp. História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 4 edited by lilia moritz schwarcz. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1998. 820 pp. The inspiration for these volumes comes from France. The model is the highly successful Histoire de la Vie Privée, edited by Phillipe Aries and Georges Duby. The French scholars wanted to penetrate the crust of traditional politico-institutional history to illuminate the histories of individual lives. They hoped this approach would bring us closer to the nitty-gritty of everyday life in the past. Not surprisingly, these four volumes from Brazil reflect the same problem as their Gallic forebears: finding sources on the “private” realm. Obviously many secrets will remain forever hidden from even the most assiduous of researchers. The farther back the historian goes, the harder http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hispanic American Historical Review Duke University Press

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Duke University Press
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Copyright 2000 by Duke University Press
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Page 569 Book Reviews Feature Review História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 2 edited by luiz felipe de alencastro. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1997. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. 523 pp. Cloth. História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 3 edited by nicolau sevcenko. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1998. 724 pp. História da Vida Privada no Brasil. Edited by fernando a. novais. Volume 4 edited by lilia moritz schwarcz. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1998. 820 pp. The inspiration for these volumes comes from France. The model is the highly successful Histoire de la Vie Privée, edited by Phillipe Aries and Georges Duby. The French scholars wanted to penetrate the crust of traditional politico-institutional history to illuminate the histories of individual lives. They hoped this approach would bring us closer to the nitty-gritty of everyday life in the past. Not surprisingly, these four volumes from Brazil reflect the same problem as their Gallic forebears: finding sources on the “private” realm. Obviously many secrets will remain forever hidden from even the most assiduous of researchers. The farther back the historian goes, the harder

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Hispanic American Historical Review – Duke University Press

Published: Aug 1, 2000

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