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The vigorous core of our nationality : race and regional identity in northeastern Brazil /

The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio V...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blake, Stanley E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011.
©2011
Colección:Pitt Latin American series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building. Since colonial times, the Northeast has been an agricultural region based primarily on sugar production. The area's.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index.
ISBN:9780822977704
0822977702