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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... percent of the population could vote , and elec- tions were not by secret ballot . As late as 1930 , the percentage had risen only to 6 percent , and incumbent state political machines manipulated vote counts fraudulently . Vargas gave ...
... percent of the Brazilian young people said that they were happy , in contrast to only 28 percent in other countries , and only 2 percent said they were unhappy , versus 25 percent elsewhere . The youths showed a high level of social ...
... percent ― an equally shocking statistic - had completed only 8.7 years of school . Seventy percent of construction workers in Brazil could not read or write in 1997 . In an effort to make up for lost time , Brazilian authorities are ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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