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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... movement , especially in the cities of Salvador and Rio de Janeiro , to mobilize nonwhites in black - consciousness associations celebrating the African heritage — and to include mulatto , on the grounds that all non- whites in Brazil ...
... movement that had fought to bring Vargas to power in 1930 contained factions committed to right - wing nationalism ( and not adverse to continued military dictatorship ) . A second faction was led by Luis Carlos Prestes , who had gone ...
... movement , predicted in their films that the dispossessed would rise up against their tormentors ; after 1968 , how- ever , the climate changed abruptly . Most of the Cinema Novo filmmak- ers were forced into exile , mostly to Europe ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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