Brazil

The Once and Future Country

Marshall C. Eakin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

1997
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
9780333694251 (ISBN)

Infos

An introduction to Brazil, this is a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary study of its history, regions, society, culture, politics and economy. Brazil is shown in this study as a nation defined by paradoxes: immense wealth and widespread poverty; and modern industry alongside outmoded agriculture.

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As the most comprehensive introduction to Brazil available in English, this book reveals Brazil to be a land of the marvellous and the mystical, as well as the sublime and the tragic. A country which encompasses half of South America and one-third of all Latin Americans, Brazil is unmasked in this study as a nation defined by paradoxes: immense wealth surrounded by widespread poverty, a modern industrial infrastructure alongside an outmoded agricultural system, a largely white South and a Northeastern coast that is overwhelmingly of African descent. This book is written for the non-specialist, and it serves as a wide-ranging and multidisciplinary survey of Brazil's history, regions, society culture, politics, and economy.

Inhalt

Preface - Introduction: The Country of the Future? - The Presence of the Past - The Brazilian Archipelago - Lusotropical Civilization - Power and Patronage - A Flawed Industrial Revolution - Conclusion: The Once and Future Country - Appendices - Suggested Readings in English - Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.1997
• Zusatzinfo: 1map
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 141 x 222 mm
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-13: 9780333694251 / 9780333694251
• Zustand: Neuware