{"title":"Marshall C. Eakin","description":"Marshall C. Eakin is distinguished professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt University, where he taught from 1983 to 2024. A specialist in modern Brazilian history, he is the author of six books, including The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures and Becoming Brazilians: Race and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil. From 2004-2011 he served as the executive director of the Brazilian Studies Association. In June and July 2022, he spent six weeks retracing Richard Burton's travels across eastern Brazil.","products":[{"product_id":"empires-and-exploration-richard-francis-burtons-travels-in-brazil-paperback","title":"Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpires and Explorations\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves nineteenth-century Brazilian history, the extraordinary life of Richard Francis Burton, and the use of travel writing by historians. Burton witnessed the origins of the early processes of nation-building in Brazil, including the power and influence of Great Britain on the Brazilian monarchy that had declared its independence in the 1820s. A seasoned explorer of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, Burton provided a panoramic view of Brazil, highlighting the obstacles created by region, race, class, religion, and culture and offered advice on how to build a nation from the perspective of an iconoclastic Victorian Englishman. Marshall C. Eakin follows Burton's path and reflects on how the landscape, character, and identity of Brazil have evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368732295391,"sku":"9780822967859","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fQBTvvlW5F9780822967859.webp?v=1789132309"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/marshall-c-eakin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}