Roots of Brazil / Sérgio Buarque de Holanda ; translated by G. Harvey Summ ; foreword by Pedro Meira Monteiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holanda, Sérgio Buarque de, 1902-1982.

Series:

From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Standardized Title:

Raízes do Brasil. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Brazil--Civilization.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xl, 192 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Roots of Brazil explores the multiple cultural influences that forged twentieth-century Brazil. This classic work is essential to understanding Brazilian history, society, and culture.

Contents:

Foreword: Why Read Roots of Brazil Today? / Pedro Meira Monteiro

The Significance of Roots of Brazil (1967); Postscript (1986) / Antonio Candido

Preface to the Second Edition of 1948; Preface to the Third Edition of 1956 / Sergio Buarque de Holanda

Note to the English Translation / Daniel E. Colón

European Frontiers

Work and Adventure

The Rural Heritage

Sowers and Builders

The Cordial Man

A New Era

Our Revolution

Afterword: Roots of Brazil and Afterwards / Evaldo Cabral de Mello.

Notes:

"First published in Brazil as Raizes do Brasil in 1936; published by Companhia das Letras, 1995"--T.p. verso.

"[This] translation is from the 26th printing (1995) of Raizes do Brasil"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268076269

026807626X

9780268077648

0268077649

OCLC:

812067018