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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... Military Police Sergeants Association in Rio . The military had been waiting in the wings to see if Goulart would prove himself to be a radical , and this seemed proof enough ; on March 31 troops marched on Rio from Minas Gerais . The ...
... military in essence usurped the moderating power , and thenceforth even considered itself the rightful and sole possessor of this remarkable priv- ilege . Military men constituted the national government early in the First Republic ...
... military rule came to an end . In the 1985 elections the official candidate of the party was so unpopular that the party itself fell apart , and Brazil elected its first civilian president in over two decades , Tan- credo Neves , former ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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