The dictator's seduction : politics and the popular imagination in the era of Trujillo / by Derby, Lauren

Table of Contents: “…The Dominican Belle Époque, 1922 -- San Zenon and the making of Ciudad Trujillo -- The master of ceremonies -- Compatriotas! …”
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Porous city : a cultural history of Rio de Janeiro (from the 1810s onward) / by Carvalho, Bruno

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : in search of things past : mapping Rio -- At the centre of an imperial capital : swamps, yellow fever, and gypsy parties -- A master on the periphery of a periphery : popular music, streetcars, and the republic -- Beyond the Belle Époque : on the border of a 'divided city' -- Afro-Jewish quarter and modernist landmark -- Writing the 'cradle of Samba' : race, radio, and the price of progress -- 'It's (mostly) all true' : the death of a neighbourhood and the life of myths -- Conclusion : the future revisited : where has the past gone and where will it go?…”
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Magdalena territorio de paz / by Ramírez Contreras, Clinton

Table of Contents: “…. -- La subregión del agua y el canto / Álvaro Rojano Osorio -- Viaje al centro del Magdalena / Venancio Aramis Bermúdez Gutiérrez -- Los pueblos ribereños del sur del Magdalena / Edgar Rey Sinning y Guillermo Federico Rey Sabogal -- Santa Marta, ciudad turística por naturaleza / Joaquín Viloria de la Hoz -- Rutas turísticas del Magdalena / Jorge Enrique Elías-Caro y Rubén Darío Muñoz González -- La "Belle Époque" bananera / Annabell Manjarrés Freyle.…”
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