The Second World War and the Rise of Mass Nationalism in Brazil
Author: Alexandre Fortes
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 3031580176
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alexandre Fortes
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 3031580176
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-07-25
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1316813142
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiçagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiçagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mestiçagem, via popular music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mestiçagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism. The book combines intellectual history, sociological and anthropological field work, political science, and cultural studies for a wide-ranging analysis of how Brazilians - across social classes - became Brazilians.
Author: Alois S. Mlambo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-07
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139867520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from pre-colonial times to the present, this book examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a rich history, dating from the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the country tremendously, as the European rulers exploited Zimbabwe's resources, giving rise to a movement of African nationalism and demands for independence. This culminated in the armed conflict of the 1960s and 1970s and independence in 1980. The 1990s were marked by economic decline and the rise of opposition politics. In 1999, Mugabe embarked on a violent land reform program that plunged the nation's economy into a downward spiral, with political violence and human rights violations making Zimbabwe an international pariah state. This book will be useful to those studying Zimbabwean history and those unfamiliar with the country's past.
Author: E. Pang
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002-09-06
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 140391852X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is about how the three most important countries in South America have responded to the challenges of globalization since the mid-1960s, the first OPEC price hike, the Third World debt crisis leading to the 'lost-decade' for the continent, and finally bold, but often ill-planned, neo-liberal reforms of the 1990s. Latin America will experience another cycle of structural changes in the coming decades, as the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s failed to produce the desired effects; social justice, fair income distribution, sustainable growth, and consolidation of democracy.
Author: Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2013-07-12
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 0822382334
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Marshall Eakin presents what may be the most detailed study ever written about the operations of a foreign business in Latin America and the first scholarly, book-length study of any foreign business enterprise in Brazil. Between 1830 and 1970 the British-owned St. John d’el Rey Mining Company, Ltd. constructed a diverse business conglomerate around Minas Gerais, South America’s largest gold mine, in Nova Lima. Until the 1950s the company was the largest industrial firm and the largest taxpayer in Brazil’s most populous state. Utilizing company and local archives, Eakin shows that the company was surprisingly ineffective in translating economic success into political influence in Brazil. The most impressive impact of the British operation was at the local level, transforming a small, agrarian community into a sizable industrial city. Virtually a company town, Nova Lima experienced a small-scale industrial revolution as the community made the transition from the largest industrial slave complex in Brazil to a working-class city torn by labor strife and violence between communists and their opponents.
Author: Atul Kohli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-08-30
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780521545259
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Author: Mancur Olson
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Published: 2012-06-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781258402754
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chima J. Korieh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-26
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1108425801
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.
Author: Bill Warren
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1789606799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ever since the First World War, socialists have considered imperialism a calamity: responsible for militarism, economic stagnation, and assaults on democracy in the metropolitan countries, an impediment to economic and cultural development in the Third World. So widespread has this view become that it is shared, in its essentials, not only by Marxists but also by an entire school of liberal development economists. Bill Warren breaks with this traditional outlook, arguing that the theory of imperialism, one of Marxism's most influential concepts, is not only contradicted by the facts, but has diluted and distorted Marxism itself. In particular, Warren disputes the claim that "monopoly capitalism" represents the ultimate stage of senile capitalism and sets out to refute the notion that imperialism is a regressive force impeding or distorting economic development in the Third World. The book argues on the contrary that direct colonialism powerfully impelled social change in Asia and Africa, laying the foundation for a vibrant indigenous capitalism. Finally, it takes issue with the conventional view that postwar economic performance in the Third World has been disastrous, presenting a powerful empirical case that the gap between rich and poor countries is actually narrowing. Closely argued, clearly written, original and iconoclastic, Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism is a compelling challenge to one of the chief tenets of contemporary socialist politics.
Author: Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1998-09-15
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780312214456
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The best one-volume introduction to the history, politics and culture of Brazil.