Brazil The Land And People

Author : Malika Hollander
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778793380
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brazil - The Land written by Malika Hollander and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs portray Brazil's geography and climate, city and rural life, industry, and transportation, focusing especially on the Amazon and the people and animals that live on the river.

Author : Gabriel Ondetti
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271047844
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land, Protest, and Politics written by Gabriel Ondetti and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil is a country of extreme inequalities, one of the most important of which is the acute concentration of rural land ownership. In recent decades, however, poor landless workers have mounted a major challenge to this state of affairs. A broad grassroots social movement led by the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) has mobilized hundreds of thousands of families to pressure authorities for land reform through mass protest. This book explores the evolution of the landless movement from its birth during the twilight years of Brazil&’s military dictatorship through the first government of Luiz In&ácio Lula da Silva. It uses this case to test a number of major theoretical perspectives on social movements and engages in a critical dialogue with both contemporary political opportunity theory and Mancur Olson&’s classic economic theory of collective action. Ondetti seeks to explain the major moments of change in the landless movement's growth trajectory: its initial emergence in the late 1970s and early 80s, its rapid takeoff in the mid-1990s, its acute but ultimately temporary crisis in the early 2000s, and its resurgence during Lula's first term in office. He finds strong support for the influential, but much-criticized political opportunity perspective. At the same time, however, he underscores some of the problems with how political opportunity has been conceptualized in the past. The book also seeks to shed light on the anomalous fact that the landless movement continued to expand in the decade following the restoration of Brazilian democracy in 1985 despite the general trend toward social-movement decline. His argument, which highlights the unusual structure of incentives involved in the struggle for land in Brazil, casts doubt on a key assumption underlying Olson's theory.

Author : Susie Brooks
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780750294928
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land and the People - Brazil written by Susie Brooks and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil: the land and the people takes you on a whistlestop tour around this most incredible country. Explore its rainforests, rivers (including the mighty Amazon), mountains and beaches, and meet some incredible wildlife along the way. Marvel at the vibrant street life, the amazing food and the diverse, multiethnic culture, and delve into the country's rich history. Discover what it's like to grow up in Brazil - school, family life, socializing and religion - and find out how life is for the richest and the poorest members of society, in one of the most divided countries in the world. Learn about Brazil's booming economy, and the industries that fuel it, and get ready to party, Brazilian-style, at carnival. Amazing photographs transport you to the very heart of this busy, colourful, visually-exciting country. Crammed full of facts, stats and incredible information - and much cheaper than a plane ticket - this is the perfect introduction to Brazil!

Author : Rollie E. Poppino
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brazil: the Land and People written by Rollie E. Poppino and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1973 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ritchie Perry
Publisher : Silver Burdett Press
ISBN 13 : 9780382061837
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brazil written by Ritchie Perry and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys Brazil's history, its geography, native cultures, lifestyles, economy, current politics, most urgent problems, and international relations.

Author : Vinod Thomas
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821364561
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Inside Brazil written by Vinod Thomas and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil faces important issues as to whether and how socio-economic and political reforms will be pursued with urgency and staying power. This book presents a strong agenda and action plan to achieve for Brazil both economic growth and improved welfare for its citizens.

Author : Rose Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780397313433
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land and People of Brazil written by Rose Brown and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the history, geography, people, cities, industries, and way of life of the country which makes up half of South America.

Author : Larry Rohter
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230120733
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brazil on the Rise written by Larry Rohter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabled country with a reputation for danger, romance and intrigue, Brazil has transformed itself in the past decade. This title, written by the go-to journalist on Brazil, intimately portrays a country of contradictions, a country of passion and above all a country of immense power.

Author : Rose Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land and People of Brazil written by Rose Brown and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Neill Lochery
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465080707
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brazil written by Neill Lochery and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, Brazil seemed a world away from the chaos overtaking Europe. Yet despite its bucolic reputation as a distant land of palm trees and pristine beaches, Brazil’s natural resources and proximity to the United States made it strategically invaluable to both the Allies and the Axis alike. As acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals in The Fortunes of War, Brazil’s wily dictator Getúlio Dornelles Vargas keenly understood his country’s importance, and played both sides of the escalating global conflict off against each other, gaining trade concessions, weapons shipments, and immense political power in the process. Vargas ultimately sided with the Allies and sent troops to the European theater, but not before his dexterous geopolitical machinations had transformed Rio de Janeiro into one of South America’s most powerful cities and solidified Brazil’s place as a major regional superpower. A fast-paced tale of diplomatic intrigue, The Fortunes of War reveals how World War II transformed Brazil from a tropical backwater into a modern, global power.