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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... Roman Catholic saints to give the outward appearance of Catholic piety . Africanized Roman Catholicism then , as in much of Africa today , shed more and more of Christian practice . Brazilians of European background embraced spirit- ism ...
... Catholic thinker Jacques Maritain . Brazil's Roman Catholic Church , which had followed a staunchly conservative line ( rejecting European Catholic movements , for example , favoring Catholic labor unions and other or- ganizations ...
... in the face of Brazil's unique brand of socially conscious Roman Catholic re- formism , including liberation theology , a 1960s movement led by Au- gusto Boal , Paulo Freyre , Dom Helder Câmara , and others . Evangelical practice has so ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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