Erik Lars Myrup
Biographic Data
| ID | 722331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Lars Myrup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik Lars |
| FAMILY NAME | Myrup |
| SIGNATURE | MYRUP E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kings, Colonies, and Councilors
In February 1724 two municipal councils (câmaras) in Brazil wrote to the Portuguese crown. Although presiding over the faraway cities of Belém do Pará and São Luís do Maranhão, they claimed the right to advise the king in matters of state. “[T]he first obligation of aldermen (vereadores),” they explained, “is to act as defenders of the cities and peoples that they represent, or in other words, to be councilors to the sovereign prince, ... instruc…
A conquista do oeste
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was one of the most diverse and influential Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned more than 60 years and included work as a journalist, literary critic, and historian, he had a profound influence on Brazilians' understanding of themselves and their country. Since Holanda's death in 1982, the meaning and implications of his work have come under increasing scrutiny. In this book, Robert…
História de um país inexistente
Based on the author’s recently completed doctoral thesis at the University of São Paulo, História de um país inexistente by Maria de Fátima Costa documents the history of the world’s largest wetland, a floodplain covering more than 39,000 square miles of southwestern Brazil and northeastern Paraguay: the Pantanal. Initially christened Laguna de los Xarayes by early Spanish explorers who mistook the seasonal floodplain for a large and fabulous lak…
A conquista do oeste
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was one of the most diverse and influential Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned more than 60 years and included work as a journalist, literary critic, and historian, he had a profound influence on Brazilians' understanding of themselves and their country. Since Holanda's death in 1982, the meaning and implications of his work have come under increasing scrutiny. In this book, Robert…
Kings, Colonies, and Councilors
In February 1724 two municipal councils (câmaras) in Brazil wrote to the Portuguese crown. Although presiding over the faraway cities of Belém do Pará and São Luís do Maranhão, they claimed the right to advise the king in matters of state. “[T]he first obligation of aldermen (vereadores),” they explained, “is to act as defenders of the cities and peoples that they represent, or in other words, to be councilors to the sovereign prince, ... instruc…
História de um país inexistente
Based on the author’s recently completed doctoral thesis at the University of São Paulo, História de um país inexistente by Maria de Fátima Costa documents the history of the world’s largest wetland, a floodplain covering more than 39,000 square miles of southwestern Brazil and northeastern Paraguay: the Pantanal. Initially christened Laguna de los Xarayes by early Spanish explorers who mistook the seasonal floodplain for a large and fabulous lak…
A conquista do oeste
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was one of the most diverse and influential Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned more than 60 years and included work as a journalist, literary critic, and historian, he had a profound influence on Brazilians' understanding of themselves and their country. Since Holanda's death in 1982, the meaning and implications of his work have come under increasing scrutiny. In this book, Robert…
Kings, Colonies, and Councilors
In February 1724 two municipal councils (câmaras) in Brazil wrote to the Portuguese crown. Although presiding over the faraway cities of Belém do Pará and São Luís do Maranhão, they claimed the right to advise the king in matters of state. “[T]he first obligation of aldermen (vereadores),” they explained, “is to act as defenders of the cities and peoples that they represent, or in other words, to be councilors to the sovereign prince, ... instruc…
Art (2 works) · History of Colonial Brazil (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Portuguese (2 works) · Administration (probate law (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Cartography (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work)