The Brazil reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Robert M. Levine and John J. Crocitti.
Contributor(s): Levine, Robert M | Crocitti, John J.
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BookSeries: The Latin America readers. Publisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999Description: x, 527 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0822322900 (pa. : alk. paper); 0822322587 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Brazil -- History | Brazil -- Social conditions | Brazil -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 981 Review: "Indispensable introduction to Brazil for students and general readers includes short scholarly articles, interviews, documents, photographs, and many autobiographical pieces. Begins with precontact indigenous peoples, but about half deals with Brazil since 1945. Topics include indigenous peoples, slavery, Vargas and labor, political protest, women, race relations, marginal groups, and popular culture. Overarching themes are mobility and repression"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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BardBerlinLibrary | 981 1999 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-509) and index.
"Indispensable introduction to Brazil for students and general readers includes short scholarly articles, interviews, documents, photographs, and many autobiographical pieces. Begins with precontact indigenous peoples, but about half deals with Brazil since 1945. Topics include indigenous peoples, slavery, Vargas and labor, political protest, women, race relations, marginal groups, and popular culture. Overarching themes are mobility and repression"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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