The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories
The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories
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巴西帝国：神话与历史
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1986
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E. Costa
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E. Costa
这项工作应该是感兴趣的那些谁愿意了解巴西和拉丁美洲，过去和现在。该书于1985年首次出版，现在经过扩展和修订，增加了关于妇女的新章节，探讨了塑造19世纪巴西的社会、政治、经济和知识潮流，其影响在整个当代巴西社会继续存在。将她的研究结果与美国历史进行比较，作者集中在巴西历史上的关键时刻，以阐明一些令人烦恼的问题。为什么在一个物质资源如此丰富的国家，却有如此多的贫困？在一个奴隶代表主要劳动力近400年的国家，奴隶制是如何不流血地被废除的？为什么自称为自由主义精英的人两次把国家引向独裁政权？在探索这些和其他谜题的过程中，她揭开了围绕巴西帝国的许多持久神话背后的现实。
This work should be of interest to those who would like to understand Brazil and Latin America, past and present. First published in 1985, and now expanded and revised to include a new chapter on women, the book explores the social, political, economic, and intellectual currents that shaped 19th century Brazil and whose reverberations continue to be felt throughout contemporary Brazilian society. Placing her findings in a comparative context with regard to US history, the author concentrates on crucial moments in Brazilian history to shed light on a number of vexing questions. Why in a nation so rich in material resources is there so much poverty? How was slavery abolished without bloodshed in a country where slaves had represented the main labour force for almost 400 hundred years? Why did self-described liberal elites twice lead the country toward authoritarian regimes? In exploring these and other puzzles, she uncovers the realities behind many of the persistent myths surrounding the Brazilian empire.