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Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present

By Jeffrey Lesser

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781139611459, 9780521193627
LCC
F2510 .L48 2013
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7114986 bytes)
Series
New Approaches to the Americas Ser.
Pages
224\224
Time added
2023-08-04 01:26:53
Brazilian -- History -- 19th century. ; National cBrazilian -- History -- 20th century. ; ImmigrantsNational characteristics

Description

Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present examines the immigration to Brazil of millions of Europeans, Asians and Middle Easterners beginning in the nineteenth century. Jeffrey Lesser analyzes how these newcomers and their descendants adapted to their new country and how national identity was formed as they became Brazilians along with their children and grandchildren. Lesser argues that immigration cannot be divorced from broader patterns of Brazilian race relations, as most immigrants settled in the decades surrounding the final abolition of slavery in 1888 and their experiences were deeply conditioned by ideas of race and ethnicity formed long before their arrival. This broad exploration of the relationships between immigration, ethnicity and nation allows for analysis of one of the most vexing areas of Brazilian study: identity.

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