ISBN:
9780822977704
,
0822977702
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 315 p. :)
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maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Blake, Stanley E Vigorous core of our nationality : race and regional identity in northeastern Brazil
DDC:
305.8009813
Keywords:
Group identity Brazil, Northeast
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Regionalism Brazil, Northeast
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National characteristics, Brazilian
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Group identity
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Regionalism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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HISTORY ; General
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Civilization
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Group identity
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National characteristics, Brazilian
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Race relations
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Regionalism
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Social conditions
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Brazil, Northeast Social conditions
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20th century
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Brazil, Northeast Social conditions
;
19th century
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Brazil, Northeast Race relations
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Brazil, Northeast Civilization
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Brazil, Northeast
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Brazil, Northeast Social conditions 19th century
;
Brazil, Northeast Race relations
;
Brazil, Northeast Civilization
;
Brazil, Northeast Social conditions 20th century
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Northeast Brazil
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building. Since colonial times, the Northeast has been an agricultural region based primarily on sugar production. The area's
Note:
OldControl:muse9780822977704. - "Multi-User. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index. - Made available online by Project Muse. - Description based on print version record
