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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... considered in the United States " black " ; in Brazil he is a medium - skinned mulatto , a pardo ( but not a preto , a term for blacks of darker skin ) . Brazil , in fact , has never had any regulations or legal pro- scriptions ...
... considered its setting a kind of Eden , so much so that in his first edition of Robinson Crusoe , the seventeenth - century English writer Daniel Defoe cast his main character as an English owner of a Brazilian plantation ship- wrecked ...
... considered the starting point of the later system of social security for workers . The law's system was based on contributions from employees , companies , and the government , and it was initially for railroad workers . In 1926 it was ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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