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The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Emilia Viotti Da CostaPublish date:2000-02-28Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807848401ISBN-10:807848409UPC:9780807848401Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin America, ModernBook Topic:South America, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCTN0MYY7M
This classic work is must reading for anyone who would understand Brazil and Latin America, past and present. First published in 1985 and now expanded to include a new chapter on women in Brazilian history, the book explores the social, political, economic, and intellectual currents that shaped nineteenth-century Brazil and whose reverberations continue to be felt throughout contemporary Brazilian society.

Placing her findings in a rich comparative context with regard to U.S. history, Emilia Viotti da Costa concentrates on crucial moments in Brazilian history to shed light on a number of vexing questions: Why in a nation so rich in material resources is there so much poverty? How was slavery abolished without bloodshed in a country where slaves had represented the main labor force for almost four hundred years? Why did self-described liberal elites twice lead the country toward authoritarian regimes? In exploring these and other puzzles, she uncovers the realities behind many of the persistent myths surrounding the Brazilian empire.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807848401ISBN-10:807848409UPC:9780807848401Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin America, ModernBook Topic:South America, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCTN0MYY7M
Viotti Da Costa, Emilia: - Emilia Viotti da Costa has written extensively on Brazilian history and on slavery and emancipation. Her books include Da Senzala a Colonia and Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823. She is also professor of history at Yale University
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

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