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Author Lesser, Jeff, author.

Title Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present / Jeffrey Lesser, Emory University.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New approaches to the Americas
New approaches to the Americas.
Summary "Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present" examines the immigration to Brazil of millions of Europeans, Asians and Middle Easterners beginning in the nineteenth century. Jeffrey Lesser analyzes how these newcomers and their descendants adapted to their new country and how national identity was formed as they became Brazilians along with their children and grandchildren. Lesser argues that immigration cannot be divorced from broader patterns of Brazilian race relations, as most immigrants settled in the decades surrounding the final abolition of slavery in 1888 and their experiences were deeply conditioned by ideas of race and ethnicity formed long before their arrival. This broad exploration of the relationships between immigration, ethnicity and nation allows for analysis of one of the most vexing areas of Brazilian study: identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Creating Brazilians -- From Central Europe and Asia : immigration schemes, 1822-1870 -- Mass migrations, 1880-1920 -- The creation of Euro-Brazilian identities -- How Arabs became Jews, 1880-1940 --Asianizing Brazil : new immigrants and new identities, 1900-1955 -- Epilogue : the song remains the same.
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Subject National characteristics, Brazilian -- History -- 19th century.
National characteristics, Brazilian.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject National characteristics, Brazilian -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Immigrants -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century.
Immigrants.
Brazil.
Immigrants -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Brazil -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Ethnic relations.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lesser, Jeff. Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present 9780521193627 (DLC) 2012016727 (OCoLC)828663372
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