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"By examining the work of a large number of photographers of immigrant families, the author documents the social uses and artistic dimensions of photography in Brazil from approximately 1890-1930. Supplemented with testimonies of travelers and artists such as Richard Burton and Jean Baptiste Debret, who describe everyday life in 19th-century Brazil. Also uses methods of visual anthropology to achieve a better understanding of historical photography. Includes bibliography and many reproductions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58