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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... region of the Atlantic Forest about ten thousand years ago , and some inhabited caves north of present - day Belo Horizonte at roughly that time . There were so many game animals in the forests that prey did not need to be stalked . The ...
... region has received hundreds of thousands of 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 ...
... region by maragatos , immigrants from southern Spain during the time that Spain occupied the region . The word gaúcho itself is derived from the Arabic word chaoucho , a packhorse or mule driver . North of Rio and east of Minas Gerais ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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