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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... land- less claim jumpers ) , rubber tappers , and , only in the last few years , contracted developers . Its climate ... land . Some caretaker families live in shacks or lean - tos , but mostly the land lies empty , dotted by tiny ...
... land tenure , which kept most land out of cultivation . The standard of living of this class has always been miserably low . They lived as squatters on the land , or as renters , or in rural towns , where they hired out as day laborers ...
... land that they acquired . They saw Brazil as a place of opportunity , but one in which they faced hard- ship . German settlers called the land Urwald , a tropical forest in which they could starve if things did not go well , because ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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