Summary – The Only Possible Life

Summary Preface Amazon without end: the extravagant roads of Stradelli …. 9 Francisco Foot Hardman Introduction…………………………………………. 15 Livia Raponi I. Passages, walks, lost footsteps: Ermanno Stradelli’s trips and the Ermanno Stradelli journey …………………….. 31 Ettore Finazzi-Agrò II. The Stradelli-Dalla Vedova correspondence: real history and official representation of the relationship between an explorer and the Italian…

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The Abolition

The Legacy of Slavery in Brazilian History Emilia Viotti da Costa points at the need to understand the legacy left behind by slavery Emília Viotti da Costa is a mandatory reference when it comes to Brazilian History. Her studies revolutionized the understanding of slavery and the struggle of the black people in Brazil, focusing on…

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Summary – The Abolition

Summary Introduction 9 Chapter 1 – From Defending Slavery to Criticism 13 Chapter 2 – The abolition of trafficking 23 Chapter 3 – The Search for Alternatives 33 Chapter 4 – Abolitionism. First stage: 1850-1871 39 Chapter 5 – Abolitionism. Second stage: The Law of the Free Womb 51 Chapter 6 – From the Ox…

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Suicide and its Prevention

The triggering conditions to the suicidal process In a quest for a broad vision of the matter, the author traces the history of the subject and analyzes the occurrence of this kind of behavior in Brazil and worldwide Suicide has always existed, but will it always be a part of the human experience? Should the…

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Summary – Suicide and its Prevention

Summary Presentation – Diego De Leo 7 Introduction 15 First Part – Suicide 19 Chapter 1 | What Is Suicide 21 Chapter 2 | Brief History of Suicide 27 Chapter 3 | Suicide in the world 39 Chapter 4 | Suicide in Brazil 59 Chapter 5 | Causes of Suicide 67 Part Two – Prevention…

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Samba and national identity

Samba is linked to the processes of construction of the Brazilian national identity This work examines the origins of the musical rhythm, its processes and social relations as part of the development of Brazilian identity By challenging the classic authors’ views on Brazilian cultural history, who define samba as Portuguese music inspired by black culture,…

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Summary – Samba and national identity

Summary Introduction 1 Chapter I – Samba in historiography 15 The word “samba” 17 A speech on samba 24 Samba as a musical genre 26 Popular & Folklore 34 The bibliographic gap 41 Beat and samba 44 Denial of the black creative role  49 Chapter II – The Perennial Samba as an African Form in…

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Power and Trade

International Relations Experts debate US Trade Policy The discussion basis of this book focuses on North American institutions for the formulation and execution of foreign trade, taking into account historical issues since the interwar period In the face of the current challenges of multilateral trade worldwide, with the threat of tariff wars on all sides,…

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Summary – Power and Trade

Summary List of abbreviations 9 Presentation 13 Introduction 19 1 Background to US Trade Policy 27 1.1 The international economic order in reconstruction and the nascent regime of GATT 34 1.2 Domestic criticism of State Department internationalism in GATT negotiations 43 2 The costs of the US solar position and the free trade option in…

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Portuguese grammar revealed in texts

Maria Helena de Moura Neves publishes real-life grammar lessons In an unparalled piece of work, linguist exposes the fundaments and the grammatical norms of everyday texts There is no “grammar world” or “real world,” with doctrine on one side and real life on the other. The “world of grammar” must be seen as the same…

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