Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-524) and index.
Contents
Who are the Brazilians? -- The Portuguese -- The Africans -- The Indians -- The immigrants -- The pyramid of power in Brazil -- The haves -- Controlling Brazillian minds -- The have-nots -- Lula and the workers' party -- The curse of violence in Brazil -- The culture of brutality -- Suffer the little children -- Abusing nature's bounty -- The Amazon Basin -- Spiritual Brazil -- Roman Catholicism -- The Orixas -- Evangelicals on the move -- In search of what makes Brazilians Brazilian -- Soccer madness -- The lesser gods -- The telenovela -- In the land of carnival -- Whither Brazil.