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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... immigrants since the middle 1800s ; many communities in this region are populated today by descendants of Japanese , Poles , Ger- mans , Ukrainians , and Italians . Of all of the cities of this region , Curitiba , the capital of Paraná ...
... immigrants from Europe to work as colonos , or agricultural colonists . Some 250,000 immigrants came under state or private sponsorship in the year 1882 , their passage paid for in exchange for a contract that obliged the immigrants to ...
... immigrants . Brazilian manufacturers favored for- eigners over native - born caboclos and blacks , who were relegated to jobs as menial laborers or to such arduous work as the killing floors in slaughterhouses . Brazilians from all ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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