Brazil : A Biography by Heloisa M. Starling and Lilia M. Schwarcz (2018, Hardcov
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374280495
ISBN-13
9780374280499
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219276003
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brazil: a Biography
Number of Pages
800 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Latin America / South America
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
38.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
2018-021716
Reviews
"Compelling and insightful . . . One of Schwarcz and Starling's great strengths is their dissection of changing racial identity." --Geoff Dyer, Financial Times "A thoughtful and profound journey into the soul of Brazil . . . The Brazil that emerges from this book is, indeed, a fascinating, complex, multicolored, contradictory and challenging organism, more like a living being than a political, cultural and geographical entity." --Laurentino Gomes, Folha de São Paulo "We have been in need of a comprehensive history of Brazil, sensitive and grounded in rigorous research, for some time now; a work that would recognize the advancements of the last five centuries but would also deal frankly with the many obstacles inherent in the building of complete social, political, and racial citizenship. Therefore, this extraordinary tour de force by two of the greatest Brazilian historians in actuality is a very pertinent work." --Kenneth Maxwell, founder of the Brazil Studies Program at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "This book is an unauthorized biography of a complex character named Brazil. It skillfully combines various facets of this character that has been formed and transformed through more than five centuries and is still developing as far as the eye can see." --Boris Fausto, author of A Concise History of Brazil "We are dealing with an unauthorized biography of Brazil, free of rigid methods of interpretation, of officialisms, and of the concern for praise or condemnation. It is a new interpretive narrative, challenging, and molded in transparent language alien to the usual academic jargon. The reader will recognize his country, complete with its lights and shadows, and will feel encouraged to participate in the adventure that is its construction." --José Murilo de Carvalho, author of The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, "Evocative . . . Schwarcz and Starling adopt what they call a biographical approach: an attempt to tell the collective stories of the generations of Brazilians that have lived . . . They achieve this with flair in their rich evocations of colonial and imperial Brazil . . . Rich and absorbing." --Patrick Wilcken, The Times Literary Supplement "Compelling and insightful . . . One of Schwarcz and Starling's great strengths is their dissection of changing racial identity." --Geoff Dyer, Financial Times "A thoughtful and profound journey into the soul of Brazil . . . The Brazil that emerges from this book is, indeed, a fascinating, complex, multicolored, contradictory and challenging organism, more like a living being than a political, cultural and geographical entity." --Laurentino Gomes, Folha de São Paulo "We have been in need of a comprehensive history of Brazil, sensitive and grounded in rigorous research, for some time now; a work that would recognize the advancements of the last five centuries but would also deal frankly with the many obstacles inherent in the building of complete social, political, and racial citizenship. Therefore, this extraordinary tour de force by two of the greatest Brazilian historians in actuality is a very pertinent work." --Kenneth Maxwell, founder of the Brazil Studies Program at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "This book is an unauthorized biography of a complex character named Brazil. It skillfully combines various facets of this character that has been formed and transformed through more than five centuries and is still developing as far as the eye can see." --Boris Fausto, author of A Concise History of Brazil "We are dealing with an unauthorized biography of Brazil, free of rigid methods of interpretation, of officialisms, and of the concern for praise or condemnation. It is a new interpretive narrative, challenging, and molded in transparent language alien to the usual academic jargon. The reader will recognize his country, complete with its lights and shadows, and will feel encouraged to participate in the adventure that is its construction." --José Murilo de Carvalho, author of The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, An exquisite synthesis of Brazilian past. - O Estado de S. Paulo "A sensitive and deep dive into the Brazilian soul." - Folha de S. Paulo, The Times (UK) Best Books of 2018 * Financial Times Best Books of 2018 "Detailed and deeply reasoned . . . Illuminating, engrossing, and consistently thoughtful." --Larry Rohter, The New York Review of Books "Evocative . . . Schwarcz and Starling adopt what they call a biographical approach: an attempt to tell the collective stories of the generations of Brazilians that have lived . . . They achieve this with flair in their rich evocations of colonial and imperial Brazil . . . Rich and absorbing." --Patrick Wilcken, The Times Literary Supplement "Compelling and insightful . . . One of Schwarcz and Starling's great strengths is their dissection of changing racial identity." --Geoff Dyer, Financial Times "A thoughtful and profound journey into the soul of Brazil . . . The Brazil that emerges from this book is, indeed, a fascinating, complex, multicolored, contradictory and challenging organism, more like a living being than a political, cultural and geographical entity." --Laurentino Gomes, Folha de São Paulo "We have been in need of a comprehensive history of Brazil, sensitive and grounded in rigorous research, for some time now; a work that would recognize the advancements of the last five centuries but would also deal frankly with the many obstacles inherent in the building of complete social, political, and racial citizenship. Therefore, this extraordinary tour de force by two of the greatest Brazilian historians in actuality is a very pertinent work." --Kenneth Maxwell, founder of the Brazil Studies Program at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "This book is an unauthorized biography of a complex character named Brazil. It skillfully combines various facets of this character that has been formed and transformed through more than five centuries and is still developing as far as the eye can see." --Boris Fausto, author of A Concise History of Brazil "We are dealing with an unauthorized biography of Brazil, free of rigid methods of interpretation, of officialisms, and of the concern for praise or condemnation. It is a new interpretive narrative, challenging, and molded in transparent language alien to the usual academic jargon. The reader will recognize his country, complete with its lights and shadows, and will feel encouraged to participate in the adventure that is its construction." --José Murilo de Carvalho, author of The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, "Detailed and deeply reasoned . . . Illuminating, engrossing, and consistently thoughtful." --Larry Rohter, The New York Review of Books "Evocative . . . Schwarcz and Starling adopt what they call a biographical approach: an attempt to tell the collective stories of the generations of Brazilians that have lived . . . They achieve this with flair in their rich evocations of colonial and imperial Brazil . . . Rich and absorbing." --Patrick Wilcken, The Times Literary Supplement "Compelling and insightful . . . One of Schwarcz and Starling's great strengths is their dissection of changing racial identity." --Geoff Dyer, Financial Times "A thoughtful and profound journey into the soul of Brazil . . . The Brazil that emerges from this book is, indeed, a fascinating, complex, multicolored, contradictory and challenging organism, more like a living being than a political, cultural and geographical entity." --Laurentino Gomes, Folha de São Paulo "We have been in need of a comprehensive history of Brazil, sensitive and grounded in rigorous research, for some time now; a work that would recognize the advancements of the last five centuries but would also deal frankly with the many obstacles inherent in the building of complete social, political, and racial citizenship. Therefore, this extraordinary tour de force by two of the greatest Brazilian historians in actuality is a very pertinent work." --Kenneth Maxwell, founder of the Brazil Studies Program at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "This book is an unauthorized biography of a complex character named Brazil. It skillfully combines various facets of this character that has been formed and transformed through more than five centuries and is still developing as far as the eye can see." --Boris Fausto, author of A Concise History of Brazil "We are dealing with an unauthorized biography of Brazil, free of rigid methods of interpretation, of officialisms, and of the concern for praise or condemnation. It is a new interpretive narrative, challenging, and molded in transparent language alien to the usual academic jargon. The reader will recognize his country, complete with its lights and shadows, and will feel encouraged to participate in the adventure that is its construction." --José Murilo de Carvalho, author of The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, "A thoughtful and profound journey into the soul of Brazil . . . The Brazil that emerges from this book is, indeed, a fascinating, complex, multicolored, contradictory and challenging organism, more like a living being than a political, cultural and geographical entity." --Laurentino Gomes, Folha de São Paulo "We have been in need of a comprehensive history of Brazil, sensitive and grounded in rigorous research, for some time now; a work that would recognize the advancements of the last five centuries but would also deal frankly with the many obstacles inherent in the building of complete social, political, and racial citizenship. Therefore, this extraordinary tour de force by two of the greatest Brazilian historians in actuality is a very pertinent work." --Kenneth Maxwell, founder of the Brazil Studies Program at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "This book is an unauthorized biography of a complex character named Brazil. It skillfully combines various facets of this character that has been formed and transformed through more than five centuries and is still developing as far as the eye can see." --Boris Fausto, author of A Concise History of Brazil "We are dealing with an unauthorized biography of Brazil, free of rigid methods of interpretation, of officialisms, and of the concern for praise or condemnation. It is a new interpretive narrative, challenging, and molded in transparent language alien to the usual academic jargon. The reader will recognize his country, complete with its lights and shadows, and will feel encouraged to participate in the adventure that is its construction." --José Murilo de Carvalho, author of The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil
Table Of Content
Introduction: 'Brazil Is Just Nearby' 1. First Came the Name, and Then the Land Called Brazil 2. The Sugar Civilization: Bitter for the Many, Sweet for a Few 3. Tit for Tat: slavery and the Naturalization of Violence 4. Gold! 5. Revolt, Conspiracy and Sedition in the Tropical Paradise 6. Ship Ahoy! A Court at Sea 7. Dom João and his Court in the Tropics 8. The Father Leaves, the Son Remains 9. Independence Habemus : Instability in the First Empire 10. Regencies, or the Sound of Silence 11. The Second Reign: At Last, a Nation in the Tropics 12. The End of the Monarchy in Brazil 13. The First Republic: The People Take to the Streets 14. Samba , Malandragem , Authoritarianism: The Birth of Modern Brazil 15. Yes, We Have Democracy! 16. The 1950s and 1960s: Bossa Nova, Democracy and Underdevelopment 17. On a Knife Edge: Dictatorship, Opposition and Resistance 18. On the Path to Democracy: The Transition to Civilian Power and the Ambiguities of the Legacy of the Military Dictatorship Conclusion: History Is Not Arithmetic Afterword to the English Edition Notes, Index
Synopsis
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., 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.
LC Classification Number
F2510.S38713 2018
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