Brazil: A Biography, Moritz Schwarcz, Lilia,Starling, Heloisa Maria Mur
Автор: Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz and Starling, Heloisa Maria Название: The Penguin History of Brazil ISBN: 184614793X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846147937 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2772.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize for the Best Brazilian Book Published AbroadSince Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of extraordinary fascination. More than any other part of the 'New World' it displayed both the greatest beauty and grandeur and witnessed scenes of the most terrible European ferocity. Brazil: A Biography, written by two of Brazil's leading historians and a bestseller in Brazil itself, is a remarkable attempt to convey the overwhelming diversity and challenges of this huge country from its origins to the 21st century - itself larger than the contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped.
The book's major themes are the near-continuous battles to create both political institutions and social frameworks that would allow stable growth, legal norms and protection for all its citizens. Brazil's failure to achieve these except in the very short term has been tragic, but even now it remains one of the world's great experiments - creative, harsh, unique and as compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders.
Автор: Schwarcz Lilia M., Starling Heloisa M. Название: Brazil: A Biography ISBN: 0374538484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780374538484 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2299.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the present
For many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty; beautiful beaches and violence-torn favelas. Brazil occupies a vivid place in the American imagination, and yet it remains largely unknown. In an extraordinary journey that spans five hundred years, from European colonization to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling's Brazil offers a rich, dramatic history of this complex country. The authors not only reconstruct the epic story of the nation but follow the shifting byways of food, art, and popular culture; the plights of minorities; and the ups and downs of economic cycles. Drawing on a range of original scholarship in history, anthropology, political science, and economics, Schwarcz and Starling reveal a long process of unfinished social, political, and economic progress and struggle, a story in which the troubled legacy of the mixing of races and postcolonial political dysfunction persist to this day.
Автор: Green James N., Langland Victoria, Moritz Schwarcz Lilia Название: The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics ISBN: 0822371073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822371076 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4257.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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From the first encounters between the Portuguese and indigenous peoples in 1500 to the current political turmoil, the history of Brazil is much more complex and dynamic than the usual representations of it as the home of Carnival, soccer, the Amazon, and samba would suggest. This extensively revised and expanded second edition of the best-selling Brazil Reader dives deep into the past and present of a country marked by its geographical vastness and cultural, ethnic, and environmental diversity. Containing over one hundred selections—many of which appear in English for the first time and which range from sermons by Jesuit missionaries and poetry to political speeches and biographical portraits of famous public figures, intellectuals, and artists—this collection presents the lived experience of Brazilians from all social and economic classes, racial backgrounds, genders, and political perspectives over the past half millennium. Whether outlining the legacy of slavery, the roles of women in Brazilian public life, or the importance of political and social movements, The Brazil Reader provides an unparalleled look at Brazil’s history, culture, and politics.
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