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Brazil : a biography

Lilia Moritz Schwarcz and Heloisa Maria Murgel Starling

(Penguin books)(Penguin history)

Penguin, 2019, c2018

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タイトル別名

Brasil : uma biografia

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"An Allen Lane book"--P. [4] of cover

Includes index

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内容説明

Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize for the Best Brazilian Book Published Abroad 'Engrossing ... eye-opening ... an enormously refreshing treat' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Since 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. Its native people both revolutionized Europe's ideas of itself and were then subject to extermination. For white settlers Brazil's opportunities seemed endless, for imported black slaves it was a hell on earth. 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 - larger than the contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped - from its origins to the twenty-first century. 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 in the 21st century it remains one of the world's great experiments - creative, harsh, unique and as compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB29368328
  • ISBN
    • 9780141976198
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    por
  • 出版地
    [London]
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxvi, 760 p., [16] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    20 cm
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