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Dynamics, Games and Science II: DYNA 2008, in Honor of ...
Preview... France), Claudio Landim (IMPA, Brazil), Marco Martens (SUNYSB, USA), Welington de Melo (IMPA, Brazil), Mauricio Peixoto (IMPA, Brazil), Alberto Adrego Pinto (U. Minho, Portugal), Enrique Pujals (IMPA, Brazil), David Rand ( Warwick, UK) ...
A Concise History of Brazil
Boris FaustoThe second edition of A Concise History of Brazil features a new chapter that covers the critical time period from 1990 to the present, focusing on Brazil's increasing global economic importance as well as its continued democratic ...
Customer Experiences with Soul: A New Era in Design
Simon Robinson... Between Nostalgia and Apocalypse: Popular Music and the Staging of Brazil, ( Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2014) ing of Brazil ing of Brazil Caranguejos com cérebro, pt.wikisource.org Interview with Fernando Peire, Director of e ...
Colonial Brazil
PreviewColonial Brazil is a selection of chapters from the Cambridge History of Latin America volumes 1 and 2 brought together to provide a continous history of the Portuguese Empire in Brazil from the beginning of the sixteenth to the beginning ...
Cultural Traditions in Brazil
Molly AloianIntroduces the traditions of Brazil, from religious traditions and family occasions to cultural traditions and important days in Brazil's history.
Brazil in Pictures
Thomas StreissguthAn introduction to Brazil, discussing its history, government, economy, people, and culture.
Brazil
Regis St. LouisBrazil's not just preparing to host both the World Cup and the Summer Olympics—it's poised to become an international superpower.
The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil: Porto ...
Roger KittlesonThe Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil traces the history of high and low politics in nineteenth-century Brazil from the vantage point of the provincial capital of Porto Alegre.
Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 To 1940
Fred Lowe SoperHistory Of The Malaria Epidemic In Brazil From The Mosquito Invader.
Brazil: The Culture
Malika HollanderText and photographs show how the people of Brazil celebrate holidays and festivals, using art, music, dance, and stories.
Brazil: The Land
Malika HollanderText 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.
New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil
Ben Ross SchneiderThe book is grouped into four parts covering Brazil's development strategy, governance, social change, and political representation.
We Visit Brazil
Kathleen TracySo vast that it touches every South American country except Chile and Ecuador, Brazil is an environmentally, culturally, and socially diverse nation that is one of the most exciting places to visit in the world.
Brazil Watch
More editionsMauricio Reveco, South American steel specialist at Salomon Smith Barney, also believes the Usinor acquisition is good for Brazil. "It's very positive for the sector because it's going to generate more competition. In addition to that, ifs going to ...
Brazil
Simona StoppaA visual tribute to the spirit, history and culture of Brazil explores the country's unique sensory experiences, showcasing lavishly produced images of regional points of interest ranging from the Amazon and sophisticated cities to colonial ...
The World of Music According to Starker
Janos StarkerBy that time my old colleague George Bekefi had joined the CSO and moved from Brazil to Chicago with his family. While in Brazil he had painstakingly written out the exercises I created for him in Paris. He and three principal players of the ...
The Return of Nathan Brazil
Jack L. ChalkerA battle against the Dreels--intelligent viruses that invade and take over human bodies--leaves Well World threatened by its own defenses, hence a search to find Nathan Brazil, the only one capable of rectifying the situation. Reprint.
Spatial dynamics of labor markets in Brazil
Daniel Da MataThere was substantial spatial variation in labor market outcomes in Brazil over the 1990s.
Political constraints on Brazil's economic development: Rio ...
Siegfried MarksJose Roberto Rodrigues Afonso Introduction From the 1930s until the 1970s, scholars portrayed Brazil as a paradigm of delayed late industrialization, which was characterized by an extraordinary vitality of the internal mechanisms essential to ...
New Approaches to Resistance in Brazil and Mexico
PreviewThis edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin ...
Brazil's Presidential Elections: Expectations for Foreign Policy
Carl MeachamThere is today a unified Brazilian perspective on key foreign policy issues that will remain priorities for Brazil irrespective of the individual or political party in power.
Achieving World-Class Education in Brazil: The Next Agenda
Barbara BrunsOver the past 15 years, Brazil has introduced a consistent program of reforms of its education system, progressively aligning the educational attainment of its labor force with that of other middle income countries and introducing advanced ...
Brazil: A Question and Answer Book
Brandy BauerA simple question-and-answer format offers a brief introduction to Brazil, discussing land features, government, housing, transportation, industries, sports, holidays, food, and family life.
Legacy of the Lash: Race and Corporal Punishment in the ...
Zachary R. MorganAgain quoting PeterM. Beattie, “The army allowed men of humble background a degree of social mobility in colonial and early imperial Brazil.”39 This mobility actually accelerated in the second half of the nineteenth century when Brazil's ...
Musical Cultures of Latin America: Global Effects, Past and ...
More editions15 Celebrating the Orixás: The Influence of African Religion and Music in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil CLARENCE BERNARD HENRY University of Kansas No one can deny that there is a significant African influence in Brazil and that it has given a ...
Brazil: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.Brazil has made significant progress over recent decades in providing regular information on the budget and its implementation at all levels of government, partly driven by the 2000 Fiscal Responsibility Law (FRL).
Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930
PreviewThe transformation of Brazil from Portuguese colony to independent nation continues through Brazilian independence to the Paraguayan War, the age of reform (1870-1889) and The First Republic (1889-1930).
Pragmatic Policy in Brazil: The Political Economy of ...
Armando Castelar PinheiroN° 946 - Demand for housing and urban services in Brazil: a hedonic approach, Maria da Piedade Morais, Bruno de Oliveira Cruz, Brasilia, abril de 2003, 24 p. N ° 947 - Avancos e limites na gestao da politica federal de ensino fundamental ...
Performing Brazil: Essays on Culture, Identity, and the ...
PreviewThese essays on Brazilian performance culture comprise the first English-language book to study the varied manifestations of performance in and beyond Brazil, from carnival and capoeira to gender acts, curatorial practice, and political ...
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