Author: Sao Paulo, Brazil) Brazil-USA Conference on Multid
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: partial, proceedings, treves, brazil, usa, contemporary, francois, mathematics, papers, analysis, complex, differential, equations, multidimensional, collection, honor
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1997-02
List price: $64.00
ISBN-10: 0821805096
ISBN-13: 9780821805091
This collection of papers by outstanding contributors in analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables is dedicated to Professor François Treves in honor of his 65th birthday. There are five important survey articles covering analytic singularities, holomorphically nondegenerate algebraic hypersurfaces, analyticity of CR mappings, removable singularities of vector fields, and local solvability for systems of vector fields. The other papers are original research contributions on topics such as Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, Toeplitz operators, ell
Author: John Burdick
Publisher: University of California Pre
Keywords: brazil, urban, religious, church, arena, catholic, god, progressive, looking
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1996-03-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520205030
ISBN-13: 9780520205031
For a generation, the Catholic Church in Brazil has enjoyed international renown as one of the most progressive social forces in Latin America. The Church’s creation of Christian Base Communities (CEBs), groups of Catholics who learn to read the Bible as a call for social justice, has been widely hailed. Still, in recent years it has become increasingly clear that the CEBs are lagging far behind the explosive growth of Brazil’s two other major national religious movements--Pentacostalism and Afro-Brazilian Umbanda.On the basis of his extensive fieldwork in Rio di Janeiro, including
Author: Jan Rocha
Publisher: Latin America Bureau
Keywords: focus, brazil, culture, guides, people, guide, politics
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000-07
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1566563844
ISBN-13: 9781566563840
Brazil is a land of global superlatives, boasting the best soccer, the largest rainforest and the world’s worst social and economic inequity. Its vibrant culture is best known for Carnival and samba and attracts thousands of visitors every year. The Carnival capital of Rio also showcases Brazil’s contrasts, as the shanty towns of the dispossessed cling to spectacular mountainsides, overlooking the beach playgrounds of the rich. Brazil in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America. It explores: the history, the people, the politics, the economy, the
Author: Errol Lincoln Uys
Publisher: Silver Spring Books
Keywords: brazil
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2000-07-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0916562514
ISBN-13: 9780916562519
"Brazil" is a spellbinding saga on a truly epic scale that brings to life Brazil and her history. It is the first work of fiction to depict five centuries of a great nation’s remarkable history, its evolution from colony to kingdom, from empire to modern republic. With a stunning cast of real and fictional characters, the story unfolds in South America, Africa and Europe. Two powerful families dominate this extraordinary novel. The Cavalcantis are among the original settlers and establish the classic Brazilian planation -- vast, powerful, built with slave labor. The da Silv
Author: John Updike
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: brazil
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1996-08-27
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0449911632
ISBN-13: 9780449911631
Author: Riordan Roett
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: brazil, new
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 2010-08-02
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0815704232
ISBN-13: 9780815704232
The New Brazil tells the story of that nation’s evolution from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected spokesman for the developing world, and an increasingly important partner for the United States and the European Union. For much of the twentieth century, Brazil seemed mired in perpetual economic crisis. Today prudent fiscal and monetary policies have yielded high levels of foreign direct investment and an investment-grade rating for its debt. Brazil is also emerging as an energy powerhouse, and policymakers are increasingly confronting the challenge of reducing
Author: Riordan Roett
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: brazil
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1999-10-30
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0275959007
ISBN-13: 9780275959005
Brazil, occupying nearly 50 percent of the South American continent, has the largest economy and is a major political power in Latin America. In this updated and expanded fifth edition of his text, Roett provides a thorough introduction to the dynamics shaping Brazilian politics, economics, and society, the difficult transition from military to civilian government in the 1980s, and the social issues facing Brazilian leaders as the country enters the 21st century.
