Envisioning Brazil: A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299207706 ISBN 13: 9780299207700

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005

Synopsis

    Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945.
    "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"A ‘state of the art’ collection on Brazilian studies—I know of no book that attempts to do what this book does. It lays out themes and issues that advance the scholarly understanding of South America’s largest and most important nation."—Margo Milleret, University of New Mexico

About the Author:

    Marshall C. Eakin, professor of History at Vanderbilt University and the executive director of the Brazilian Studies Association, is the author and editor of several books, including: Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte and Brazil: The Once and Future Country.
    Paulo Roberto de Almeida, a Brazilian diplomat who has a Ph.D. in social sciences, is the author of several books on economic international relations and the diplomatic history of Brazil, including, in French, Une Histoire du Brésil: pour comprendre le Brésil contemporain and Le Mercosud: un marché commun pur L'Amérique due Sud.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0299207706
• ISBN 13: 9780299207700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 532
• Editor: Eakin Marshall C., De Almeida Paulo Roberto