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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... coffee . The textile industry was expanding rapidly , but with labor practices which might have been borrowed from a ... coffee with milk , " since São Paulo was the leading producer of coffee and Minas the principal producer of HISTORY 55.
... coffee and rubber . The burning of vast quantities of coffee kept the internal market going , but since the foreign exchange lost in this process , which translated into reduced capacity to import finished goods , many light industries ...
... coffee also represents a special moment of social interaction during the day . Coffee introduces and maintains relations in the work world and at home . It is so important that the name of the coffee server is credited on Brazilian ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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