The Brazilians
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…
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- Full title :The Brazilians / Joseph Page.
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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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- Publication Date:1995.
- Edition:3. printing
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Addison-Wesley
- Place of Publication:Reading, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1995.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 540 sider
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0201409135, 9780201409130
- oclc:ocn474048840
- LC Classification:F2510
- Dewey Decimal:305.8 00981
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