A unique study of the Brazilian national character explores the many paradoxes of Brazilian society, contrasting the natives' kindness with the violence of their cities, the large-scale poverty and the luxury of the rich, and other disparities.

The Brazilians

History

Page, Joseph A.

Americas

Da Capo Press

A country warmly hospitable and surprisingly violent, physically beautiful, yet appallingly poor—these are the contrasts Joseph Page explores in The Brazilians, a monumental book on one of the most colorful and paradoxical places on earth.Once one of the strongest market economies in the world, Brazil now struggles to emerge from a deep economic and social crisis, the latest and deepest nose-dive in a giddy roller-coaster ride that Brazilians have experienced over the past three decades. Page examines Brazil in the context of this current crisis and the events leading up to it. In so doing, he reveals the unique character of the Brazilian people and how this national character has brought the country to where it is today—teetering on the verge of joining the First World, or plunging into unprecedented environmental calamity and social upheaval. Not since Luigi Barzini's The Italians has a society been so deeply and accurately portrayed.

Da Capo

Bitter wages: Ralph Nader's study group report on disease and injury on the job,

Grossman Publishers

Bitter Wages

O\'Brien

Penguin??Books

The revolution that never was;: Northeast Brazil, 1955-1964

Grossman

This biography recounting the Argentinean president's rise, fall, and remarkable return to power is "a formidable achievement" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Latin America has produced no more remarkable or enduring political figure than Juan Perón. Born to modest circumstances in 1895 and trained in the military, he rose to power during a period of political uncertainty in Argentina. A shrewd opportunist who understood the needs and aspirations of the country's workers, Perón rode their votes to the presidency and then increased their share of the nation's wealth. But he also destroyed the independence of their unions and suppressed dissent. Ousted in a coup in 1955, Perón wandered about Latin America and finally settled in Spain, where he masterminded an astonishing political comeback that climaxed in his reelection as president in 1973. Joseph A.&nbsp;Page's engrossing biography is based upon interviews, never-before-inspected Argentine and US government documents, and exhaustive research. It spans Perón's formative years; his arrest and dramatic rescue by the descamisados in 1945; his relationship with the now mythic Evita; the violence and mysterious murders that punctuated his career; his tragic legacy, personified by his third wife, Isabel, who assumed the presidency after his death under the influence of a Rasputin-like astrologer; and the continuing appeal of Perónism in Argentina. In addition, Page's study of Argentine-American relations is particularly penetrating--especially in its description of the struggle between Perón and US ambassador Spruille Braden. "It would probably take a novel stamped with the surrealistic genius of a Gabriel García Márquez to render all the madness, perverse magic and tragedy of Juan Domingo Perón and his Argentina. But Joseph A.&nbsp;Page has come up with the next best option.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. A clearly written, definitive study." --The New York Times Book Review

Perón: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Open Road Media

Con Mis Propias Palabras : Eva Peron

Editorial Grijalbo, S.A. de C.V.

Brasil

Literature & Fiction

Emecé

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