The History of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. nov 1999 - 208 pages Brazil is a vast, complex country with great potential but an uneven history. This engaging study will introduce readers to the history of Brazil from its origins to today. It emphasizes current issues and problems, including the country's return to democracy after more than two decades of harsh military rule and the economic consequences of adopting free-market policies as part of the creation of the global marketplace. Levine, a noted Brazilianist, explains the legacy of slavery on race relations, the stubborn persistence of barriers to upward mobility, and the characteristics of Brazil's exuberant culture. The author draws not only from a broad array of traditional sources but from oral histories and postings on the Internet. |
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... Italy , and Poland , as well as Basques ( who first had settled in Uruguay ) , found ways to come to Brazil on their ... Italians , Portuguese , Ger- mans , and Poles came to Brazil as indentured agricultural workers obliged to repay the ...
... Italy had brought with them anarcho - syndicalist ideas as well as radical trade unionism , and intellectuals in 1919 in Rio de Janeiro founded the Bra- zilian Communist Party , inspired by V. I. Lenin and the Comintern . Fas- cism , as ...
... Italy and elsewhere . Chateaubriand , Assis ( Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Mello ) ( 1892-1968 ) . A ... Italian - born Capuchin monk who entered his religious order at age twelve and was sent to Brazil in 1931. He spent ...
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An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
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