ISBN:
0822961334
,
9780822961338
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 315 p.
,
maps
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Pitt Latin American series
DDC:
305.800981/3
Keywords:
National characteristics, Brazilian
;
Regionalism
;
Group identity
;
Brasilien
;
Identität
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Rassenbeziehung
;
Regionalismus
;
Soziale Situation
;
Brazil, Northeast Civilization
;
Brazil, Northeast Social conditions 19th century
;
Brazil, Northeast Social conditions 20th century
;
Brazil, Northeast Race relations
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : nordeste and nation -- The nineteenth-century origins of the nordestino, 1850-1870 -- Racial science in Pernambuco, 1870-1910 -- The medicalization of nordestinos, 1910-1925 -- Social hygiene : the science of reform, 1925-1940 -- Mental hygiene : the science of character, 1925-1940 -- Inventing the homem do nordeste : race, region, and the state, 1925-1940.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index
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