The Brazilians / Joseph A. Page.
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TextPublication details: Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, c1995. Description: xix, 540 p. : map ; 25 cmISBN: 0201409135 Subject(s): National characteristics, Brazilian | Ethnology -- Brazil | Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 1985- | Brazil . -- Social conditions . -- 1985- | Brazil -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 305.8/00981 LOC classification: F2510 | .P34 1995Online resources: Table of contents only Review: "Introduction to Brazil by a law professor who has been an engaged visitor since the 1960s. Themes of race, political power, violence, environment, religious diversity, and popular culture are made accessible through biographical profiles. Balances exuberance and indignation better than most recent introductions, but at a length that may exhaust the general reader. See Levine's work (item #bi 00006099#) or Eakin's (item #bi 00006100#) for more succinct introductory studies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-524) and index.
"Introduction to Brazil by a law professor who has been an engaged visitor since the 1960s. Themes of race, political power, violence, environment, religious diversity, and popular culture are made accessible through biographical profiles. Balances exuberance and indignation better than most recent introductions, but at a length that may exhaust the general reader. See Levine's work (item #bi 00006099#) or Eakin's (item #bi 00006100#) for more succinct introductory studies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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