Thomas Halsey Holloway

Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant (Library of Latin America)

Recognized as a turning point in Brazilian literature, this entertaining novel of urban manners follows the ne'er-do-well Leonardo through his various romantic liaisons and frequent scrapes with the law. First printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later published in two volumes in 1854-55, Mem...

The Beast of Hankham (1)

There it went returning to its sanctum. Within Darkness it lives forever, the legendary Beast of Hankham.For many years it lie sleeping, forgotten. But now the people are talking about the demon that lurks in the shadows within the beautiful village of Hankham.Just what is it? What does it want and ...

Immigrants on the Land: Coffee and Society in São Paulo, 1886-1934 (Enduring Editions)

When slavery was abolished in 1880, Sao Paulo, Brazil, subsidized the immigration of workers from southern Europe and Japan. Faced with a worldwide coffee market and abundant land for expansion, native planters developed a package of incentives to attract workers, in contrast to the coercive labor s...

Our First Year: Sketches from an Alpine Village

Our First Year: Sketches from an Alpine Village is the true story of an American couple's first year living abroad in northern Italy. Told through short, often humorous sketches, this book introduces the reader to life in Italy's South Tirol region through the eyes of newly arrived American resident...

Policing Rio de Janeiro: Repression and Resistance in a Nineteenth-Century City

When in 1808 members of the Portuguese royal entourage arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of a colony most had previously known only through administrative reports and balance sheets, they encountered a hostile and dangerous population that included a large number of African slaves. One of the i...

A Companion to Latin American History

The Companion to Latin American History collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America.Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the history of Latin AmericaWritten by the top international ex...

Thomas Holloway

Thomas Holloway (22 September 1800 26 December 1883) was a patent medicine vendor and philanthropist from England.

Policing Rio de Janeiro: Repression and Resistance in a Nineteenth-Century City

The Brazilian Coffee Valorization of 1906: Regional Politics and Economic Dependence