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Child of the Dark the Diary of Carolina
by Carolina De Jesus  Publisher Comments A powerful first-hand account of life in the streets of So Paulo from 1955 to 1960 that drew international attention to the plight of the poor....
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Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader: Volume I: The Years 1914-1960
by John W F Dulles Publisher Comments Journalist and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil's foremost orator in this century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over.In the first volume, John F...
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The last new world :the conquest of the Amazon frontier
by Mac Margolis Book News Annotation Margolis, who has worked as a reporter in Latin America for the last 10 years, calls for a new kind of land aesthetic, a sort of middle way for the Amazon that weds the people there and their requirements for survival to the exigencies of the...
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Anatomy of the Amazon gold rush
by David Cleary Publisher Comments For many the phrase gold rush conjures up images of the 1849ers panning for gold in the western United States. But in 1979, the biggest gold rush of this century began in the Brazilian Amazon and has continued unabated ever since. Despite attempts by...
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Political Economy of Brazil: Public Policies in an Era of Transition
by Lawrence Graham Book News Annotation This study of contemporary Brazilian issues from a policy perspective focuses on issues central to the political and economic choices currently under debate in Brazil. It examines topics such as industrialization and urbanization, Amazonian...
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Blacks and Whites in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988
by George Reid Andrews Publisher Comments For much of the twentieth century Brazil enjoyed an international reputation as a 'racial democracy, ' but that image has been largely undermined in recent decades by research suggesting the existence of widespread racial inequality. George Reid Andrews...
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State & Opposition in Military Brazil
by Maria Helena Alves Publisher Comments Based on extensive research into opposition and government documents, Maria Helena Moreira Alves provides a rich description of the long and tortuous attempt by the Brazilian military government to create a workable "national security state" in the face...
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Lula and the Workers Party in Brazil
by Sue Branford Publisher Comments In October 2002, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made history when he became Latin America's first democratically elected socialist leader since Salvador Allende. Lula and his Workers Party won comfortably with nearly 62 percent of Brazil's popular vote. This...
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Travelers Tales Brazil
by Annette Haddad Publisher Comments It's winter. The holidays are over. For those living in areas where it's still snowing, and even where it's just cold or rainy, it's the time of year when magazines, newspapers, radio, and television are tantalizing us with ads of warm beaches, sunshine,...
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Democratizing Brazil Problems of Transit
by Alfred Stepan Publisher Comments The peaceful transfer of power to a civilian president in Brazil in March 1985 marked the end of one of Latin America's most enduring and--until the economic crisis of the 1980s--economically dynamic military regimes. In this companion volume to the...
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Rebellion in the Backlands
by Euclides Da Cunha Publisher Comments Euclides da Cunha's classic account of the brutal campaigns against religious mystic Antonio Conselheiro has been called the Bible of Brazilian nationality. "Euclides da Cunha went on the campaigns [against Conselheiro] as a journalist and what he...
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Family & Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Santana de Parnaiba, 1580-1822
by Alida C Metcalf Publisher Comments Colonial families in the Brazilian town of Santana de Parnaiba lived on the fringe of settlement in a vast and perilous continent. In her revealing community history, Metcalf tells how these settlers pursued family strategies that adapted European custom...
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Trapped: Modern-Day Slavery in the Brazilian Amazon
by Binka Le Breton Publisher Comments *Winner of the 2004 Harry Chapin Media Judges Award from World Hunger Year *A vivid, highly readable book by a resident of Brazil who set off by bus and motorbike to unearth the realities of this hidden trade and expose them to the world The illegal...
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Hidden Heads of Households Child Labor
by Mary Kenny
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To Be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888
by Katia M Mattoso
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Empire in Brazil: A New World Experiment with Monarchy
by C H Haring
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A Slave's Place, a Master's World: Fashioning Dependency in Rural Brazil
by Nancy Naro Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-207) and index....
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The Workers' Party and Democratization in Brazil
by Margaret E. Keck Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-305) and index....
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Struggle for Amazon Town Gurupa Revisite
by Richard Pace Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index....
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Brazil & the Great Powers, 1930-1939: The Politics of Trade Rivalry
by Stanley Hilton Description Bibliography: p. [282]-294.Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ; no. 38....
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