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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... Luis Carlos Prestes escaped into Bolivia with many of his fellow officers . He then surfaced in Montevideo , the headquarters of the local Soviet Comintern , and unlike any of the other tenentes , joined the Communist Party . He was ...
... Luis Carlos Prestes , who had gone to Moscow from his exile in Uruguay and , during the early 1930s , had been named the titular head of the Brazilian Communist Party . In October 1932 , the Brazilian far right or- ganized the ...
... Luis Carlos Prestes but in reality closely directed by So- viet agents operating out of the Comintern office in Montevideo , launched a military insurrection to overthrow the Brazilian government . All three of the attacks occurred in ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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