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Author Page, Joseph A.

Title The Brazilians / Joseph A. Page.

Imprint Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.800981 P143b    ---  Available
Description xix, 540 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography 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.
Subject National characteristics, Brazilian.
Ethnology -- Brazil.
Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 1985-
Brazil -- Social conditions -- 1985-
Brazil -- Religious life and customs.
ISBN 0201409135

 
    
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