Americas History
Mostrando 1-12 de 47 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Writing the History of the New World into Universal History: Colonial Chronologies and Astral Knowledge in Late-Seventeenth Century Spanish America
Resumo Neste artigo, estudamos obras históricas e astronômicas publicadas entre 1680 e 1690 por Diego Andrés Rocha, oidor da Audiência Real de Lima, e pelo intelectual criollo Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, cosmógrafo do Vice-Reino da Nova Espanha. Sustentamos que, para esses autores coloniais hispano-americanos, a escrita da história e o conhecimento
Varia Historia. Publicado em: 2022
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2. IBERIAN DOMINANCE AND THE INTRUSION OF THE NORTHERN EUROPEANS INTO THE ATLANTIC WORLD: SLAVE TRADING AS A RESULT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH?
Abstract The British, French and, eventually, the Americans attract a disproportionate share of scholarly attention in the history of the Atlantic World before 1800. The impact of the St. Domingue revolution, British power in the nineteenth century, and the dominance of the American economy in the 20th and 21st centuries have ensured that historians fail to
Almanack. Publicado em: 16/09/2019
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3. SOCIOLOGIAS INDÍGENAS IORUBA: A ÁFRICA, O DESCONCERTO E ONTOLOGIAS NA SOCIOLOGIA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Resumo O texto busca reconstruir a história e a recepção internacional do debate africano centrado na noção de sociologias indígenas, liderado por Akinsola Akiwowo, no âmbito da Associação Internacional de Sociologia. Para além de reconstituir os passos do próprio autor na construção e na apresentação de seu argumento, busca-se também reconst
Estud. hist. (Rio J.). Publicado em: 05/09/2019
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4. Arqueologia do povoamento inicial da América ou História Antiga da América: quão antigo pode ser um ‘Novo Mundo’?
Resumo Neste texto, discutimos o tema do povoamento inicial da América como uma narrativa – mais do que sítios, datas e artefatos, são analisados os discursos construídos a partir destes ‘dados’. Esta proposta baseia-se em uma perspectiva da Arqueologia que enfatiza a dinâmica social envolvida na construção do passado. Um dos pontos discutidos e
Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi. Ciênc. hum.. Publicado em: 26/08/2019
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5. Pessoas, manatins e o ambiente aquático na América moderna: confluência e divergência nas interações históricas entre humanos e animais
RESUMO Com uma distribuição geográfica histórica alargada em zonas costeiras, ambientes de transição e fluviais do Oceano Atlântico tropical, o manatim (manati das Índias Ocidentais, peixe-boi ou iguaragua do Brasil colonial) era bastante valorizado. As fontes documentais e iconográficas dos séculos XVI e XVII mostram-nos que era usado como aliment
Rev. Bras. Hist.. Publicado em: 15/07/2019
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6. José Antonio Alzate, instrumentos animales y conocimiento fiable en Nueva España, siglo XVIII
Abstract In the eighteenth century, naturalists in Europe and the Americas, being engaged in various practices for investigating nature, collected and observed live and dead animals in order to obtain and test various types of useful knowledge to science and natural history. The possibility that these specimens could be used as objects of study as well as in
Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos. Publicado em: 19/06/2019
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7. El trabajo jurídico pro bono en Brasil: Discurso, prácticas y límites 2005-2017
Abstract The aim of this article is to describe, analyze and explain the pro bono discourse and practices articulated and implemented in Brazil between 2005 and 2017. In order to achieve this aim, the article is divided into three parts. In the first part we describe and examine the context in which pro bono work is immersed in Brazil. This section briefly
Rev. Direito Práx.. Publicado em: 2019-03
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8. Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas: a historical and epidemiological perspective
Abstract Yellow fever was transported during the slave trade in the 15th and 16th centuries from Africa to the Americas where the virus encountered favorable ecological conditions that allowed creation of a sustainable sylvatic cycle. Despite effective vector control and immunization programs for nearly a century, yellow fever epidemics reemerged in many Lat
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 21/09/2018
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9. Successes and failures of sixty years of vector control in French Guiana: what is the next step?
Since the 1940s, French Guiana has implemented vector control to contain or eliminate malaria, yellow fever, and, recently, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Over time, strategies have evolved depending on the location, efficacy of the methods, development of insecticide resistance, and advances in vector control techniques. This review summarises the history o
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 12/03/2018
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10. Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: geographical and chronological distribution of definitive hosts versus disease reports
BACKGROUND Angiostrongyliasis is an infection caused by nematode worms of the genus Angiostrongylus. The adult worms inhabit the pulmonary arteries, heart, bronchioles of the lung, or mesenteric arteries of the caecum of definitive host. Of a total of 23 species of Angiostrongylus cited worldwide, only nine were registered in the American Continent. Two spe
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2018-03
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11. The effects of old and recent migration waves in the distribution of HBB*S globin gene haplotypes
Abstract Sickle cell hemoglobin is the result of a mutation at the sixth amino acid position of the beta (β) globin chain. The HBB*S gene is in linkage disequilibrium with five main haplotypes in the β-globin-like gene cluster named according to their ethnic and geographic origins: Bantu (CAR), Benin (BEN), Senegal (SEN), Cameroon (CAM) and Arabian-Indian
Genet. Mol. Biol.. Publicado em: 03/10/2016
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12. Chagas disease in the State of Amazonas: history, epidemiological evolution, risks of endemicity and future perspectives
Chagas disease (CD) is a parasitic infection that originated in the Americas and is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. In the last few years, the disease has spread to countries in North America, Asia and Europe due to the migration of Latin Americans. In the Brazilian Amazon, CD has an endemic transmission, especially in the Rio Negro region, where an occupationa
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.. Publicado em: 2015-06