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Jacob Blanc

Associate Professor of History and International Development Studies, McGill University
Verified email at mcgill.ca
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[BOOK][B] Before the Flood: The Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil

J Blanc - 2019 - books.google.com
In Before the Flood Jacob Blanc traces the protest movements of rural Brazilians living in the
shadow of the Itaipu dam—the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world. In the …

Enclaves of inequality: Brasiguaios and the transformation of the Brazil-Paraguay borderlands

J Blanc - Journal of Peasant Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This contribution traces the history of Brazilian immigration to Paraguay and the emergence
of ‘Brasiguaio’ communities, arguing that the enclaves are products of the development …

[BOOK][B] Big Water: The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay

Z Frank, F Freitas, J Blanc - 2018 - library.oapen.org
Big Water explores four centuries of the overlapping histories of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
(the Triple Frontier), and the colonies that preceded them. Examining an important area …

Itaipu's Forgotten History: The 1965 Brazil–Paraguay Border Crisis and the New Geopolitics of the Southern Cone

J Blanc - Journal of Latin American Studies, 2018 - cambridge.org
This article chronicles the fifteen-month border conflict between the military regimes of Brazil
and Paraguay that occurred between March of 1965 and June of 1966 – a stand-off that …

The last political prisoner: Juvêncio Mazzarollo and the twilight of Brazil's dictatorship

J Blanc - Luso-Brazilian Review, 2016 - lbr.uwpress.org
De 1982 a 1984, o jornalista Juvêncio Mazzarollo foi preso sob a Lei de Segurança Nacional.
Durante um período no qual o Brasil supostamente era num processo de democratização…

[BOOK][B] Transnational Communism across the Americas

J Blanc, T Harmer, P Harms, L Jeifets, V Jeifets, A Petra… - 2023 - books.google.com
Jacob Blanc draws attention to how the transnational experiences of the Communist Party
of Brazil’s longtime leader Luís Carlos Prestes during his time in exile shaped his politics. …

A turbulent border: geopolitics and the hydroelectric development of the Paraná River

J Blanc - Big Water: The Making of the Borderlands between …, 2018 - muse.jhu.edu
Mato Grosso do Sul. The two leaders spoke for six hours in a climate that Goulart described
as “very cordial and very affectionate.” Stroessner, for his part, called it “a historic meeting, …

[HTML][HTML] La historia ambiental latinoamericana: cambios y permanencias de un campo en crecimiento

V Sánchez-Calderón, J Blanc - Historia Crítica, 2019 - journals.openedition.org
Objetivo/Contexto: Con este artículo, y los demás que componen el dossier, esperamos
alentar el debate y la reflexión crítica acerca del papel del ambiente o la naturaleza en la …

[HTML][HTML] Life history and cultures of militancy in Latin America's Cold War

T Schaefer, J Blanc - Radical Americas, 2023 - ucl.scienceopen.com
Since the early 2000s, historians have transformed our understanding of the Cold War in Latin
America. No longer do scholars describe Latin American events in this period as merely a …

The Bandeirantes of Freedom: The Prestes Column and the Myth of Brazil's Interior

J Blanc - Hispanic American Historical Review, 2021 - read.dukeupress.edu
The Prestes Column rebellion is among the most mythologized events in modern Brazil: from
1924 to 1927, a group of junior army officers marched nearly 15,000 miles through Brazil's …