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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... slave hunter - the capitães do mato , or bush captains , ruthless men who knew the hinterland intimately . The escaped quilombo slaves had to defend themselves against pursuit . They maintained surreptitious contact with slaves still in ...
... slaves ( 60 percent of those shipped in the nineteenth century ) came to Brazil . The Portuguese dominated the Atlantic slave trade , and the successive economic cycles in which cheap labor fueled prosperity - sugar , then cacao , then ...
... slave registers burned , a sign that Brazil was entering into a new era . This was true juridically , but the former slaves and other free blacks remained at the very bottom of the social hierarchy . The aboli- tionist movement , which ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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