| Description |
x, 527 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Latin America readers |
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Latin America readers.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [505]-509) and index. |
| Summary |
"Indispensable introduction to Brazil for students and general readers includes short scholarly articles, interviews, documents, photographs, and many autobiographical pieces. Begins with precontact indigenous peoples, but about half deals with Brazil since 1945. Topics include indigenous peoples, slavery, Vargas and labor, political protest, women, race relations, marginal groups, and popular culture. Overarching themes are mobility and repression"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ |
| Contents |
I. Origins, Conquest, and Colonial Rule. The Origin of Fire / Cayapo Legend. Noble Savages / John Hemming. A Description of the Tupinamba / Anonymous. The First Wave / Warren Dean. Letter to Governor Tome de Sousa / Manoel da Nobrega. From the River of Jenero / Francisco Suares. The Sins of Maranhao / Antonio Vieira. Minas Uprising of 1720 / Anonymous. Smuggling in the Diamond District / George Gardner. Decree Elevating Brazil to a Kingdom / Joao VI -- II. Imperial and Republican Brazil. Declaration of Brazilian Independence, 1822 / Pedro I. The Baron of Parnaiba / George Gardner. Uprising in Maranhao, 1839-1840 / Domingos Jose Goncalves de Magalhaes. A Paraiba Plantation, 1850-1860 / Stanley J. Stein. The Paraguayan War Victory Parade / Peter M. Beattie. A Vanishing Way of Life / Gilberto Freyre. A Mirror of Progress / Dain Borges. Drought and the Image of the Northeast / Gerald M. Greenfield. Dom Pedro the Magnanimous / Mary Wilhelmine Williams. Solemn Inaugural Session of December 24, 1900 / Congress of Engineering and Industry. Intellectuals at Play / Olavo Bilac Collection. City of Mist / Manoel Sousa Pinto. The Civilist Campaign / J. R. Lobao. Gaucho Leaders, 1923: Photograph. Factory Rules, 1924 / Abramo Eberle Metalworks Management -- III. Slavery and Its Aftermath. The War against Palmares / Anonymous. Slave Life at Morro Velho Mine / Richard Francis Burton. Scenes from the Slave Trade: Logbook Entries / Joao Dunshee de Abrantes. Cruelty to Slaves / Thomas Ewbank. Slavery and Society / Joaquim Nabuco. Abolition Decree, 1888 / Princess Isabel and Rodrigo Augusto da Silva. Laws Regulating Beggars in Minas Gerais, 1900 / Legislature of Minas Gerais -- IV. The Vargas Era. The Social Question / Platform of the Liberal Alliance, 1930. Manifesto, May 1930 / Luis Carlos Prestes. Heroes of the Revolution: Composite Postcard Photograph. The "Gold for Sao Paulo" Building, 1932 / Cristina Mehrtens. Where They Talk about Rosa Luxemburg / Patricia Galvao. Two Versions of Factory Life / Photographers Unknown. Seized Correspondence from Communists, 1935-1945 / Dossier 20, Police Archives. The Paulista Synagogue / Gustavo Barroso. Why the Estado Novo? / Oliveira Vianna. New Year's Address, 1938 / Getulio Vargas. Rural Life / Photographers Unknown. A New Survey of Brazilian Life / Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. General George C. Marshall's Mission to Brazil / Katherine Tupper Marshall. Comments on the Estado Novo / Bailey W. Diffie. Educational Reform after Twenty Years / Anisio S. Teixeira. Ordinary People: Five Lives Affected by Vargas-Era Reforms / Apolonio de Carvalho, Geraldo Valdelirios Novais and Frederico Heller / [et al.]. Vargas's Suicide Letter, 1954 / Getulio Vargas -- V. Seeking Democracy and Equity. Rehearsal for the Coup / Araken Tavora. The Military Regime / Antonio Pedro Tota. Excerpts from the 1967 Brazilian Constitution. Tropicalism and Brazilian Popular Music under Military Rule / Christopher Dunn. Literature under the Dictatorship / Elizabeth Ginway. Pele Speaks / Edson Arantes Nascimento da Silva. The Maximum Norm of the Exercise of Liberty / Grupo da Educacao Moral e Civica. Families of Fishermen Confront the Sharks / Paulo Lima. The Reality of the Brazilian Countryside / Landless Movement (MST). The "Greatest Administrative Scandal" / Seth Garfield. Life on an Occupied Ship / Marcal Joao Scarante. A Letter from Brazil / Juliano Spyer. Inaugural Address / Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Theory and Practice / Ted G. Goertzel. Is Brazil Hopelessly Corrupt? / Roberto DaMatta -- VI. Women's Lives. Aunt Zeze's Tears / Emilia Moncorva Bandeira de Mello. Tarsila and the 1920s / Carol Damian and Cristina Mehrtens. The Integral Woman / Provincia de Guanabara. The Children Always Had Milk / Maria Puerta Ferreira. Women of the Forest / Yolanda F. Murphy and Robert F. Murphy. My Life / Maria das Dores Gomes Batista. A Healer's Story / Maria Geralda Ferreira. Sonia, a Middle-Class Woman / Alison Raphael. Family Life in Recife / Fanny Mitchell. Xuxa and the Televisual Imaginary / Amelia Simpson. Dreams of Uneducated Women / Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy -- VII. Race and Ethnic Relations. A Letter from Brazil, 1918 / Jose Clarana. Growing Up Black in Minas Gerais / Carolina Maria de Jesus. Exotic Peoples / Indian Protection Agency. Brazil: Study in Black, Brown, and Beige / Leslie B. Rout, Jr. Immigrant Ethnicity in Brazil / Jeffrey Lesser. The Myth of Racial Democracy / Abdias do Nascimento. The National Day against Racism / Revista MNU. The Church Tries to Combat Prejudice / Bernardete Toneto. What Color Are You? / Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Mixed Blood / Jefferson M. Fish -- VIII. Realities. The Animal Game / Clayton S. Cooper. How Brazil Works / Robert M. Levine. Iansa Is Not Saint Barbara / Ile Axe Opo Afonja. Upward Mobility Is Possible / Alcides Nazario Guerreiro Britto. Crab and Yoghurt / Tobias Hecht. Voices from the Pavement / Claudia Milito and Helio R. S. Silva. Pixote's Fate / Robert M. Levine. A Letter to President Cardoso / Caius Brandao. The History of the Huni Kui People / Sia Kaxinawa. Urban Indians / Juliano Spyer. Mayor Orders Billboard Shacks Destroyed / Juliana Raposo. Cultural Imperialism at Its Most Fashionable / Roger M. Allen. The Gay and Lesbian Movement in Brazil / James N. Green. Liberation Theology's Rise and Fall / Robin Nagle -- IX. Saudades. Bananas Is My Business / Helena Solberg. The Invention of Tradition on Brazilian Radio / Bryan McCann. Bahia Music Story / Bill Hinchberger. O Axe de Zumbi / Paulo Lima and Bernadete Toneto. At Carnival / Pedro Ribeiro. Two Poets Sing the New World / Jessica Callaway. Two Essays on Sports / Janet Lever and Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy. |
| Subject |
Brazil -- History.
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Brazil -- Social conditions.
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Brazil -- Economic conditions.
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| Added Author |
Levine, Robert M.
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Crocitti, John J.
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| ISBN |
0822322900 pa. alkaline paper |
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9780822322900 pa. alkaline paper |
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0822322587 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822322580 cloth alkaline paper |
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