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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... Catholic saints to give the outward appearance of Catholic piety . Africanized Roman Catholicism then , as in much of Africa today , shed more and more of Christian practice . Brazilians of European background embraced spirit- ism as ...
... Catholic thinker Jacques Maritain . Brazil's Roman Catholic Church , which had followed a staunchly conservative line ( rejecting European Catholic movements , for example , favoring Catholic labor unions and other or- ganizations ...
... Catholic Church , for the most part staunchly conservative in spite of its activist progressive wing , has been limited in its capacity to fight back against such influences by lack of revenue and by an acute shortage of Brazilian ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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