
My Discovery of Brazil
500 Years After Cabral
Anna Russell(Author)
New Generation Publishing
Published on 5. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-931456-53-1 (ISBN)
Description
My Discovery of Brazil: 500 Years After Cabral is a first-hand account of a farmland owner-settler in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil. With her background in anthropology, Anna Russell has explored the national character of Brazil, borne out of her personal experiences, in a narrative that deals with the Brazilian People and their attitude towards work and land in the backdrop of land-grabbing movements of the MST. Her long stay as a fazenda owner, from 1972-2000, forms the basis of a book that reflects an immigrant's perspectives on the Brazilian system, the vice-like grip of the local mafia, as well as the world views, attitudes and prejudices of a developing brazil that tries to modernize and make rapid strides.
A useful book to further one's understanding of Brazil and its political, economic and social systems.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-931456-53-1 (9781931456531)
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