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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
This collection of sixteen essays examines the impact of Brazilian trends, institutions, culture, and religion on the world through accelerating processes of globalization. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: An attempt to grasp the moment / Jeffrey D. Needell -- Part I: Brazil, today and yesterday -- The country of the present, or, leaving the future in the past / Marshall Eakin -- Brazilian spring or Brazilian autumn? First impressions of the June days of 2013 / Fernando Lattman-Weltman -- Part II: Brazil's political scene -- Understanding the increasing popularity of Brazilian presidents / Daniela Campello and Cesar Zucco Jr -- Too soon to give up, too late to really matter: impasses, self-deception, and Brazil's media-democratization agenda / Fernando Lattman-Weltman -- Part III: Brazil's urban scene -- Crime victimization in Brazil, 2009: risks by race, class, and place / Charles H. Wood and Ludmila Ribeiro -- Pacification urbanism: a view from Rio's old industrial suburbs / Mariana Cavalcanti -- Popular culture in emergent Brazil / Bryan McCann -- Part IV: Brazilian religions and the world -- Neo-Pentecostals on the pitch: Brazilian football players as missionaries abroad / Carmen Rial -- The global spread of Brazilian religions / Cristina Rocha and Manuel A. Vásquez -- Part V: Brazilian forest and field to the world -- Biofuels: energy for the world / Roberto Rodrigues -- Agribusiness and sustainability of the orange juice and sugar and ethanol industries of Sao Paulo and Florida / James A. Sterns, Thomas H. Spreen, and Paula M. Mercadante -- Environmental governance and technological innovations for sustainable development in the Amazon / Judson F. Valentim -- Emergent socio-environmental development in Amazonia / Marianne Schmink -- Part VI: Brazil's new diplomatic role in the world -- Brazil: an emerging nuclear power / Carlo Patti -- The strange case of the missing relationship: Brazil and the United States / Peter Hakim. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Brazil.
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Globalization. |
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Brazil. |
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Brazil -- History.
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History. |
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Brazil -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Brazil -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Needell, Jeffrey D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Emergent Brazil. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015] 9780813060675 (DLC) 2014048363 (OCoLC)889164944 |
| ISBN |
9780813055381 electronic book |
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0813055385 electronic book |
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9780813060675 |
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0813060672 |
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