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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... tion the prerequisite for future national progress ; this view was a product of the pseudo - science of eugenics , popular in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe and North America . Many fretted about what would happen ...
... tion between church and state that had been in effect since 1889 . VARGAS AS CHIEF OF STATE Vargas and his advisors knew that the success of his new government would depend on the restoration of economic stability in the face of the ...
... tion of young men , for example , but virtually no youths from affluent families ever serve in the armed forces . Inherited from the corporatist period of the 1930s and earlier , privileges and exemptions and categories of special ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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