Brazil through the Eyes of William James - Letters, Diaries, and Drawings, 1865–1866, Bilingual Edition/Edicao Bilingue

In 1865, twenty-three-year-old William James began his studies at the Harvard Medical School. When he learned that one of his most esteemed professors, Louis Agassiz, then director of the recently established Museum of Comparative Zoology, was preparing a research expedition to Brazil, James offered his services as a voluntary collector. Over the course of a year, James kept a diary, wrote letters to his family, and sketched the plants, animals, and people he observed. During this journey, James spent time primarily in Rio de Janeiro, Belem, and Manaus, and along the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon Basin.
This volume is a critical, bilingual (English-Portuguese) edition of William James's diaries and letters and also includes reproductions of his drawings. This original material belongs to the Houghton Archives at Harvard University and is of great interest to both William James scholars and Brazilian studies experts.

About the author

Maria Helena P.T. Machado

Summary

From 1865–1866, James accompanied the director of the recently established Museum of Comparative Zoology on a research expedition to Brazil. This critical, bilingual (English–Portuguese) edition of his diaries and letters includes reproductions of his drawings. This original material belongs to the Houghton Archives at Harvard University.

Product details

• Authors: William James, Maria Helena P. T. Machado
• Assisted by: Maria Helena P. T. Machado (Editor), John M. Monteiro (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2006
• EAN: 9780674021334
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02133-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 264 mm x 213 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 780 g
• Illustrations: 38 line drawings; 10 black and white halftones
• Series: David Rockefeller Center Serie; David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies; Series on Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies; Series in Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales