Brazil

Brazil
Author: Thomas E. Skidmore
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Brazil
ISBN: 9780195374551

This second edition offers an unparallelled look at Brazil in the twentieth century, including in-depth coverage of the 1930 revolution and Vargas's rise to power; the ensuing unstable democratic period and the military coups that followed; and the reemergence of democracy in 1985. It concludes with the recent presidency of Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, covering such economic successes as record-setting exports, dramatic foreign debt reduction, and improved income distribution. The second edition features numerous new images and a new bibliographic guide to recent works on Brazilian history for use by both instructors and students. Informed by the most recent scholarship available, Brazil: Five Centuries of Change, Second Edition, explores the country's many blessings--ethnic diversity, racial democracy, a vibrant cultural life, and a wealth of natural resources.

Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964

Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964
Author: Thomas E. Skidmore
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780195332698

A thorough study of Brazilian politics from 1930 to 1964, this book begins with Getulio Vargas' fifteen-year-rule--the latter part of which was a virtual dictatorship--and traces the following years of economic difficulty and political turbulence, culminating in the explosive coup d'état that overthrew the constitutional government of President Jo~ao Goulart and profoundly changes the nature of Brazil's political institutions. The first book by Thomas E. Skidmore, Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964, immediately became the definitive political history in English and Portuguese of those turbulent times. It was published by OUP in 1937 in hardcover but has been out of print in recent years. For this 40th anniversary, James Green, who is Skidmore's literary executor at Brown University, will write a new foreword for the book, placing it in the context of the literature.a

Brazil's Dance with the Devil

Brazil's Dance with the Devil
Author: Dave Zirin
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1608464334

One of the Boston Globe’s Best Sports Books of the Year: “Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny” (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man). The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world’s most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary Brazilians were holding the country’s biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Zirin examines Brazilians’ objections to the corruption of the games they love; the toll such events take on impoverished citizens; and how taking to the streets opened up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports. “Millions will enjoy the World Cup and Olympics, but Zirin justly reminds readers of the real human costs beyond the spectacle.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Sad Fate Of Mr. Quaresma - Brazilian Classics 2

The Sad Fate Of Mr. Quaresma - Brazilian Classics 2
Author: Lima Barreto
Publisher: Clube de Autores
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-05-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

. The focus of the work is the nationalism in the early years of the First Brazilian Republic and criticism to the middle-class and the bureaucratic government. The work is comical in the beginning, transiting to harsh criticisms by the end. These critics demystify the figure of the president Floriano Peixoto (1891–1894), known as the Marechal de Ferro ( The Iron Marshal ), and also of the Brazilian military. The book is centered on Policarpo Quaresma, an ultra-nationalist bureaucrat of the Army. Quaresma is an enthusiast of Brazilian popular and indigenous culture, and has an innocent love for his country. Throughout the story, his heightened patriotism leads him always to disastrous situations: in the first part, he ends in an asylum; in the second, his agricultural enterprise fails due to the Brazilian pests and soil; and in the third and final part, he is arrested and executed under the orders of Floriano Peixoto, whom he admired.

The Official Overstreet

The Official Overstreet
Author: Robert M. Overstreet
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Total Pages: 812
Release: 1990-05-05
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780876378205

The bible of the comic book industry is updated for 2002 with Web site information, tips about grading and caring for comics, and more than 1,500 black-and-white photos.

Brazil on the Rise

Brazil on the Rise
Author: Larry Rohter
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2012-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230120733

A fabled country with a reputation for danger, romance and intrigue, Brazil has transformed itself in the past decade. This title, written by the go-to journalist on Brazil, intimately portrays a country of contradictions, a country of passion and above all a country of immense power.

The Country of Football

The Country of Football
Author: Paulo Fontes
Publisher: Hurst & Company Limited
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2014
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849044171

Brazil has done much to shape football/soccer, but how has soccer shaped Brazil? Despite the political and social importance of the beautiful game to the country, the subject has hitherto received little attention. This book presents groundbreaking work by historians and researchers from Brazil, the United States, Britain and France, who examine the political significance, in the broadest sense, of the sport in which Brazil has long been a world leader. The authors consider questions such as the relationship between soccer, the workplace and working class culture; the formation of Brazilian national identity; race relations; political and social movements; and the impact of the sport on social mobility. Contributions to the book range in time from the late nineteenth century, when the British first introduced the sport to Brazil, to the present day, as the 'country of soccer' prepares itself to host the 2014 World Cup, painting a vivid picture of the many ways in which soccer exists and functions in Brazil, both on and off the pitch.

Shifting the Meaning of Democracy

Shifting the Meaning of Democracy
Author: Jessica Lynn Graham
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520293754

This book offers a historical analysis of one of the most striking and dramatic transformations to take place in Brazil and the United States during the twentieth century—the redefinition of the concepts of nation and democracy in racial terms. The multilateral political debates that occurred between 1930 and 1945 pushed and pulled both states towards more racially inclusive political ideals and nationalisms. Both countries utilized cultural production to transmit these racial political messages. At times working collaboratively, Brazilian and U.S. officials deployed the concept of “racial democracy” as a national security strategy, one meant to suppress the existential threats perceived to be posed by World War II and by the political agendas of communists, fascists, and blacks. Consequently, official racial democracy was limited in its ability to address racial inequities in the United States and Brazil. Shifting the Meaning of Democracy helps to explain the historical roots of a contemporary phenomenon: the coexistence of widespread antiracist ideals with enduring racial inequality.

The Time Travel Handbook

The Time Travel Handbook
Author: David Hatcher Childress
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780932813688

An authoritative chronicling of real-life time travel experiments, teleportation devices and more.

The World News Prism

The World News Prism
Author: William A. Hachten
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1118809130

Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century. Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised chapter on the Middle East written by regional media experts Features comprehensive coverage of the growing impact of social media on how news is being reported and received Charts the media revolutions occurring throughout the world and examines their effects both locally and globally Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments