A Biography
by Lilia M. Schwarcz
Recommended by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, History, and Social Sciences.
A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the presentFor many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty; beautiful beaches and violencetorn favelas. Brazil occupies a vivid place in the American imagination, and yet it...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, History, and Social Sciences.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British historian
“Here’s a brilliant book i think many of you wld enjoy: Brazil: a Biography by Lilia Schwarcz & Heloise Starling. Superb beautifully written and masterly blockbuster history of this wild vast exotic country w its triumphs & crimes, slavery gold empire rebellion. @PenguinRandomUK”
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