University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2-9-2011 Itaipú: Gender, Community, and Work in the Alto Paraná Borderlands, Brazil and Paraguay, 1954-1989. John Howard White Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Recommended Citation White, John Howard. "Itaipú: Gender, Community, and Work in the Alto Paraná Borderlands, Brazil and Paraguay, 1954-1989.." (2011). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/82 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. i ITAIPU: GENDER, COMMUNITY, AND WORK IN THE ALTO PARANA BORDERLANDS, BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY, 1954-1989 BY JOHN HOWARD WHITE B.A., History, North Carolina State University, 1995 M.A., Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico, 2001 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico December 2010 ii DEDICATION For my mother; In memory of my grandmother iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the members of my dissertation committee, Drs. Elizabeth Q. Hutchison, Linda B. Hall, Judy Bieber, Samuel Truett, and Margo Milleret. To my advisor, Dr. Hutchison I would like to give special thanks and recognition for her generous and vital contribution of time and energy to both my graduate studies and the dissertation project. A further mention goes to Drs. Jane Slaughter and Melissa Bokovoy of the UNM History Department.