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By Janaina Amado, Walter Nuget, and Warren Dean

From the Preface

The following papers were delivered at the Woodrow Wilson Center on June 21, 1990, for the colloquia, "Frontier in Comparative Perspectives: the United States and Brazil," sponsored by the Latin American Program. The colloquia was organized by Dr. Janaina Amado, Dean, Institute of Humanities, Federal University of Goias, Brazil, and a Fellow at the Wilson Center.

The first paper, written by Dr. Walter Nugent, Professor of United States History, Notre Dame University, addresses current tendencies in the historiography of the West in the United States and analyzes the most relevant themes and positions encompassed by these tendencies.

The second paper was written by Dr. Warren Dean, Professor of Latin American History at New York University. Dean's paper presents the various concepts of "fronteira" that have appeared throughout the course of Brazilian history and historiography.

The final paper, written by Dr. Amado, presents a comparison of the historical processes of occupation of the frontier in Brazil and the United States with particular emphasis on the question of myths regarding the frontier in both countries.

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