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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... women fought for women's suffrage - for upper - class women . The Brazilian Roman Catholic Church opted to follow a conservative path , isolated from currents of European Catholic social conscience . There were no comprehensive ...
... Women were more likely to free their slaves than were men , even though married women had more limited control over their property ; Portuguese law made men heads of their households and the managers of joint property , the bens do ...
... women's issues are explored in Sonia E. Alvarez , Engendering Democracy in Brazil : Women's Movements in Transition ( Prince- ton , NJ : Princeton Univ . Press , 1990 ) ; Susan K. Besse's Restructuring Pa- triarchy : The Modernization ...
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An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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