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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... blacks and browns than any country on Earth except for Nigeria . There is prejudice against nonwhites , but it is usually expressed as a feeling against poor people . The prevailing explanation has been that prejudice in Brazil is a ...
... black " ; in Brazil he is a medium - skinned mulatto , a pardo ( but not a preto , a term for blacks of darker skin ) . Brazil , in fact , has never had any regulations or legal pro- scriptions discriminating on the basis of race . When ...
... blacks remained at the very bottom of the social hierarchy . The aboli- tionist movement , which had argued that slavery was both immoral and inefficient , vanished overnight , its former leaders giving no attention to the plight of the ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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