“ Gold earrings , calico skirts ” : images of women and their role in the project to civilize the Amazon , as observed by Elizabeth Agassiz in A Journey in Brazil : 1865 - 1866
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Researcher with the Coordinating Group on Sociodiversity in Health at Leônidas e Maria Deane Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Manaus Rua Teresina 476 69057-070 Adrianópolis — AM [email protected] SANTOS, F. V. dos: “Gold earrings, calico skirts”: images of women and their role in the project to civilize the Amazon, as observed by Elizabeth Agassiz in Viagem ao Brasil: 1865-1866. História, Ciências, Saúde — Manguinhos, v. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-21, Jan.-Apr. 2005.
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