Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's bigness means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. |
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... become famous as summer retreats for coastal resi- dents . The most famous one is Petrópolis , in the state of Rio , where the Emperor Pedro II ( 1840-1889 ) had a summer palace . THE SOUTH The South consists of only three states ...
... become a kind of elite in the lower classes . They earn enough money to buy houses and appliances , and they have become a force in local and national politics . Workers in such industries as automobiles , appliances , chemicals , and ...
... become a na- tional figure in the metalworkers ' strikes in the Figueiredo administration . He was opposed by a newcomer , the photogenic governor of the tiny north- eastern state of Alagoas , Fernando Collor de Melo . Although ...
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