Brazil and the Brazilians (Kegan Paul Travellers) - Image 1

£155.10

Routledge Brazil and the Brazilians (Kegan Paul Travellers)

Name: Brazil and the Brazilians (Kegan Paul Travellers)
Brand: Routledge
Price: 155.1 GBP
Availability: InStock

Anthropology & Sociology

Price History & Forecast

Last 7 days • 7 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 7 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £155 (7 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £155 - £155

Price levels: 1 different prices over 7 days

Description

First published in 2006. This work introduced Brazil to the English-speaking world when it was first published in 1857, and it is the best early account of the country written in English. Fletcher and Kidder were both missionaries in Brazil, K1ader living there between 1837 and 1840, and Fletcher some twenty years later. Although they were not in Brazil at the same time, they subsequently collaborated on this book, supplementing their direct experiences of the country by interviewing leading citizens, and by using material drawn from Documents of the Imperial and provincial archives of Brazil, and from Brazilian state papers. The work therefore benefits from two different viewpoints, and from a period of observation that covers some thirty years. At the time the book was written, most English readers were better acquainted with China and India than with Brazil, which in the popular mind, as the authors put it, was a land of 'mighty rivers and virgin forests, palm trees and jaguars anaconaas and alligators, diamond-mining, revolutions and earthquakes'. Fletcher and Kidder were determined to show another side of Brazil - that of a stable constitutional monarchy and growing nation, the descendants of the Portuguese holding_ I the same relative position in South America as the descendants o1 the English in North America. The portrait of Brazil and the Brazilians they present is unexpected and fascinating -an elaborate colonia1 society ruled over by an emperor with a privileged bourgeoisie and fine cities - outposts of European culture surrounded by encroaching jungle. The work is arranged in twenty-six chapters. Fletcher and Kidder begin by recounting the little-known early history of Brazil, then go on to describe the culture and customs of the country in great detail, covering everything from the government of Brazil, the marriage of Christian and heathenism, the Brazilian home, Brazilian women, the nobility and the Emperor's palace to Amazon steamers, gold mines, slavery and the Indian and African inhabitants whose descendants are among Brazil's present. cosmopolitan population. Accounts of travel within the country will give the authors an opportunity to describe Brazil's distinctive flora and fauna and striking natural features, a panoramic treatment complimented by charming line drawings. Tnis volume- was justifiably acclaimed on Publication, and it remains essential and enjoyable reading for a11 those interested in Brazil's past, present and future.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 071031146X
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 13 October 2006
Listed Since: 30 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge Brazil and the Brazilians (Kegan Paul Travellers)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Edward Elgar - The Economies of Argentina and Brazil

The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)

Exiles, Allies, Rebels: Brazil's Indianist Movement, Indigenist Politics, and the Imperial Nation-State: 16 (Contributions in Latin American Studies)

Multilingual Brazil: Language Resources, Identities and Ideologies in a Globalized World (Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism)

Bloomsbury Brazilian Literature as World Literature Book

Tourism and Protected Areas in Brazil: Challenges and Perspectives (Tourism and Hospitality Development and Management)

Multilingual Brazil: Language Resources, Identities and Ideologies in a Globalized World (Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism)

Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil de Jean-Baptiste Debret

Brazil-Africa Relations: Historical Dimensions and Contemporary Engagements, From the 1960s to the Present

The Political Economy of Money and Banking in Imperial Brazil, 1850–1889 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance)

Routledge - The Defence of Tradition in Brazilian Music

Das moderne Brasilien: Gesellschaft, Politik und Kultur in der Peripherie des Westens

The Antarctic Politics of Brazil: Where the Tropic meets the Pole

Brazil in the Anthropocene: Conflicts between predatory development and environmental policies (Routledge Environmental Humanities)

The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

The Brazilian Economy: Confronting Structural Challenges

Living (Il)legalities in Brazil: Practices, Narratives and Institutions in a Country on the Edge

Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891

Agricultural Development in Brazil: The Rise of a Global Agro-food Power (Routledge Studies in Agricultural Economics)

The New Brazilian Economy: Dynamic Transitions into the Future

Routledge U.S. Power and the Social State in Brazil Book

The Brazilian Left in the 21st Century: Conflict and Conciliation in Peripheral Capitalism (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

The Brazilian Left in the 21st Century: Conflict and Conciliation in Peripheral Capitalism (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

Culture and Defence in Brazil: An Inside Look at Brazil's Aerospace Strategies (Military Strategy and Operational Art)