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Jerry Dávila holds the Jorge Paulo Lemann Chair in Brazilian History at the University of Illinois. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Illinois Global Institute, established in 2019 to advance UIUC's work with international area studies centers and global themes.

Dávila's research focuses on in the influence of racial thought in public policy in Brazil, as well as the state and social movements in the twentieth century.

He is the author of several books including Hotel Trópico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization (Duke, 2010), recipient of the Latin Studies Association Brazil Section Book Prize; and of Diploma of Whiteness: Race and Social Policy in Brazil, 1917-1945 (Duke, 2003).

In 2000, Dávila taught as a Fulbri ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 328 ratings · 35 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	A History Of Western Society 3.56 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 1979 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dictatorship in South America 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hotel Tropico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 1950-1980 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diploma of Whiteness: Race and Social Policy in Brazil, 1917-1945 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of World Societies, Volume 1: to 1600 by John P. McKay, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of World Societies, Combined Volume by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding World Societies, Volume 1: To 1600 by John P. McKay, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of World Societies, Volume 2 by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding World Societies, Volume 2: Since 1450 by John P. McKay, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hotel Tropico 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars