Envisioning Brazil: A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States

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Marshall C. Eakin, Paulo Roberto de Almeida, Rubens Antonio Barbosa
Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2005 M10 31 - 515 páginas

Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945.
"The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.

 

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Trends Perspectives and Prospects
3
CARMEN CHAVES TESSER
73
K DAVID JACKSON
93
JOSÉ NEISTEIN
133
Brazilian History in the United States
169
Anthropology of Amazonia
203
The Brazilian Economic System through U S Lenses
241
EAKIN
264
Geography
309
The British Contribution to the Study of Brazil
347
Comparative Development of the Study of Brazil
375
Academic Publications 19452003
399
Reference Sources and Documents
424
Selective Bibliography and Chronology
460
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
485
INDEX
491

TOLLEFSON
288

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