OLINDA

oolēnˈdə, city (1991 pop. 341,394), Pernambuco state, E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1537, it was captured by the Dutch in the 1630s and burned to the ground. The rebuilt city served as a provincial capital until 1827. Olinda has a small crafts industry. Its reputation as a center of learning dates from 1796, when a Jesuit seminary was founded there.

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books on: Olinda  - 208 results

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Brazilian Culture: An Introduction to the Study of Culture in Brazil
Book by Fernando de Azevedo, William Rex Crawford; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Brazil--Civilization, Brazil--Intellectual Life, Education--Brazil
...Azeredo Coutinho and the Seminary of Olinda -- The work of Dom Joao VI: the founder...Paulo. Church of St. Benedict, Olinda. Photo by Stille, in collection of the...Geography and Statistics. Cathedral of Olinda, Pernambuco. Photo by Stille, in collection...
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The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru
Book by Bonnie Glass-Coffin; University of New Mexico Press, 1998
Subjects: Chiclayo (Peru : Province)--Social Life And Customs, Rites And Ceremonies--Peru--Chiclayo (Province), Shamanism--Peru--Chiclayo (Province), Women Healers--Peru--Chiclayo (Province), Women Shamans--Peru--Chiclayo (Province)
...Clorinda, Vicky, Yolanda, Flor, and most especially to Isabel and Olinda, I owe the largest debt of gratitude, and these pages are a...own lived experience with my principal informants, Isabel and Olinda, as they worked to heal me of a spiritual illness. Even this...
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Class Mates: Male Student Culture and And the Making of a Political Class in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
Book by Andrew J. Kirkendall; University of Nebraska Press, 2002
Subjects: Law Students--Brazil--History, Political Leadership--Brazil--History, Young Men--Brazil--Intellectual Life--History
...larger communities they in- habited in Olinda (and after 1854 in neighboring Recife...cations for the location of power in Brazil. Olinda in the northeastern prov- ince of Pernambuco...certainly an important consideration. Olinda was expected to educate primarily young...
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Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710
Book by Thomas E. Burke Jr.; Cornell University Press, 1991
Subjects: Dutch Americans--New York (State)--Schenectady--History, Schenectady (N.Y.)--History
...Jacques Cornelissen van Slyck, and Pieter Danielsen van Olinda, did make Schenectady their home, and they would be joined...outside the village proper is uncertain. In 1684 Hilletie van Olinda petitioned the Schenectady court to exchange her house for...
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Chapters of Brazil's Colonial History, 1500-1800
Book by Capistrano De Abreu, Arthur Brakel; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Brazil--History--To 1822
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journal articles on: Olinda  - 15 results

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The Hairy Leg Strikes the Individual Artist and the Brazilian Literatura De Cordel
Journal article by Candace Slater; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 95, 1982
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Boa Viagem and to the nearby touristic city of Olinda hints at the social identity of his readers but...In fact, throughout his "The Hairy Leg in Olinda" ( A Perna Cabeluda de Olinda 1976 ) the cordel author routinely...
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Catharine Trotter: An Unknown Child?
Journal article by Margarette R. Connor; American Notes & Queries, Vol. 8, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Philology, Motion Pictures
...biography, for example, he did not mention Olindas Adventures , the epistolary novella now...hers. In light of this "new" letter, Olindas Adventures takes on a new color. The...thwarts. By the end of the tale, young Olinda has retired to the country to await the...
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Bibliographies of Women and the Military in History
Journal article by Reina Pennington; Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects: United States. Army
...Against All Odds: The Feminist Movement in Mexico to 1940. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. Massare de Kostianovsky, Olinda. La mujer paraguaya: su participacion en la Guerra Grande. Asuncion: Tallares Graficos de la Escuela Salesiano, 1970. Mendieta...
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I Don't Care If I Never Get Back ... A Baseball History Tour
Journal article by Chris Epting; Nine, Vol. 14, 2006
Subjects: Baseball fields--Description and travel, Baseball fields--History, Baseball--History, Baseball--United States
...Sponsored by the Anaheim Elks Club, it was a homecoming of sorts for Johnson in that he grew up in the neighboring oil town of Olinda. Nearly 5,000 people turned out for the event at the Brea Bowl field, incredible given that nearby Anaheims total population...
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Pracas, Place, and Public Life in Urban Brazil [*]
Journal article by James R. Curtis; The Geographical Review, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: Brazil--Urban areas, City planning--Brazil, Plazas--Brazil, Public spaces--Brazil
...churches and public buildings were most typically clustered, as classically evident in the northeastern cities of Salvador and Olinda. In other places, including Rio de Janeiro, the waterfront was the most popular location, suggesting the influence of the maritime...
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magazine articles on: Olinda  - 7 results

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Faith, Power and the Poor
Magazine article by Kenneth P. Serbin; The Christian Century, Vol. 116, September 22, 1999
Subjects: Bishops--Biography, Camara, Dom Helder, Bishop--Biography, Catholic Church in Brazil--History, Church and social problems--Latin America, Liberation theology--History
...anticommunist. As the new archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Dom Helder once again came...liberationists came in the archdiocese of Olinda and Recife, where Dom Helders conservative...America. Yet throughout the long crisis in Olinda and Recife, Dom Helder remained silent...
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Celebrate !Carnaval!
Magazine article by Aurelia Gomez; School Arts, Vol. 105, February 2006
Subjects: Art teachers--Methods, Arts education--Methods, Folk art--Exhibitions, Folk art--Study and teaching
...dance quadrilles in formation. Giant puppets in Recife and Olinda, Brazil, punctuate processions filled with maracatu percussion...Switzerland * Tlaxcala, Mexico * Oruro, Bolivia * Recife and Olinda, Brazil * Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago * New Orleans...
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Brazil
Magazine article by Brian J. Godfrey; Focus, Vol. 45, Summer 1999
Subjects: Brazil--Description and travel
...canals, dikes, and bridges emerged in the central areas. Nearby Olinda, founded by the Portuguese in 1537 atop a steep, elevated hill...sought out the Northeast: such picturesque cities as Salvador, Olinda, and Fortaleza, along with pristine nearby beaches, now attract...
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Deaths
Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 116, September 8, 1999
Subjects: Beker, Johan Christiaan--Biography, Camara, Helder Pessoa--Biography, Farmer, James S.--Biography, Karekin I--Biography
...stimulate and precipitate. He was a catalyst." * Catholic Archbishop Helder Pessoa Camara of Brazil died August 27 at his home in Olinda at age 90. He was noted for his work among Brazils poor, his efforts to bring about land reform, his role in the formulation...
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Brazil and UNICEF Join to End Child Prostitution
Magazine article by Arabela Rota; UN Chronicle, Vol. 34, Winter 1997
Subjects: Brazil--Social policy, Prostitution, Juvenile--Prevention, United Nations. Children's Fund--Social policy
...non-governmental organizations in the city of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Santos, State of Sao Paulo, State of Cera, Olinda, State of Pernambuco, State of Maranhao, State of Para and Brasilia DF, aim to: provide legal/psychological and medical assistance...
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newspaper articles on: Olinda  - 16 results

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WE'RE SO CLOSEIT'S A BIT LIKE HAVING A TWIN!; Actress Belinda Lang (Right) Has Known Olinda Adeane since Childhood. the 2point4 Children Star and the Journalist Are Often Mistaken for One Another and Told GARY LEBOFF Bizarre Tales of Mad Russians, Weekends at Butlin's - and When to Wear a Paper Bag
Newspaper article by Gary Leboff; The People (London, England), December 1, 1996
...Actress Belinda Lang (Right) Has Known Olinda Adeane since Childhood. the 2point4 Children...Paper Bag. by Gary Leboff Olinda On Belinda Our friendship began at a...kindergarden class there was a Belinda, an Olinda, a Melinda and even a Selinda! Both...
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A Promising Pianist
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), July 12, 2008
...Dantas hails from a poor neighborhood in Olinda, Brazil, one of four children raised in...a city of more than 1.5 million near Olinda, and was invited to one of Dantas recitals...lessons for free since the age of 9, at the Olinda conservatory for which her father works...
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Obituaries
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 28, 2007
...Harold Faria of Eugene, who died Nov. 25 of renal failure at age 67. He was born Oct. 14, 1940, in Hayward, Calif., to Manuel and OLinda Freidas Faria. He graduated from Arroyo High School in 1959. Faria was owner and president of Faria Brothers Hardware in San...
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PR's Williams to Have MRI on Knee Today; CLS Wins
Newspaper article by Jerry Fitzpatrick; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 22, 2006
...Crystal Lake Central on crutches due to injuries she suffered late in practice on Monday. The 6-foot-2 transfer student from Brea-Olinda High School in Orange County, Calif., bumped into a JV player while making a block, which caused her to land awkwardly. She...
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Smuggling Suspects Face New Charges
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 14, 2006
Subjects: Money laundering, Real estate industry, Smuggling
...Gonzalez Aparicio, 29, Dorinalda Aparicio, 34, and their mother, Olinda Aparicio, 64, all of Gaithersburg; Jair Francis, 32, of Wheaton...a Wheaton apartment for use as a brothel. Elsy Aparicio and Olinda Aparicio are under 24-hour electronic home monitoring; Mr. Jandres...
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encyclopedia articles on: Olinda  - 2 results

 
 
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Olinda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
OLINDA oolen d , city (1991 pop. 341,394), Pernambuco state, E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1537, it was captured by the Dutch in the 1630s and burned to the ground. The rebuilt city served as a provincial capital until 1827. Olinda has a small crafts industry. Its reputation as a center of learning dates from 1796, when a Jesuit seminary was founded...
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Recife
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...facilities. Founded by the Portuguese in 1548 as the port for nearby Olinda, Recife was settled by fishermen and sailors. The city was plundered...Maurice of Nassau. After the Dutch occupation, Recife replaced Olinda as capital of the Pernambuco captaincy. During World War II...


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