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BRAZIL TODAY: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE IN THE REPUBLIC 2V

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This comprehensive set on contemporary Brazil is useful to students, business people, government officials, artists, and tourists -- in short, anyone traveling to or wishing to know more about this South American nation. Brazil, one of the world's largest and most populous countries, features a dynamic economy and a rich culture that increasingly fascinates people throughout the world. What makes this vital and vibrant nation tick? How do its institutions function? How do its people work and play? The two-volume BRAZIL TODAY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE IN THE REPUBLIC is an introductory work intended for those in search of basic information about Brazilian institutions, businesses, social issues, and culture. At the same time, it is a work that reflects the nation's geographic, demographic, economic, and cultural diversity. The wide-reaching encyclopedia offers an entry for each Brazilian state with information about the land, climate, economy, and culture. It also offers extensive coverage of the country's political parties and leaders, its governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the environmental issues and social problems that shape Brazilian politics today. In addition, the work pays considerable attention to the economy and business through entries on industry, agriculture, commerce, banking, and economic policies. Finally, there are entries that illuminate various aspects of Brazil's culture, including the nation's social movements, religion, education, music, cuisine, and literature, as well as personalities from sports and entertainment.

Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia Of Life In Republic

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Topic Finder.
Preface and Observations on Contemporary Brazil.
Introduction to Brazil&#x0027;s Geography.
Chronology of Brazilian History.
1: Acre.
2: Administrative Structure of Government/Federalism.
3: Affirmative Action (Positive Discrimination).
4: Afro-Brazilian Religions.
5: Agrarian Reform.
6: Agriculture.
7: Alagoas.
8: Alckmin Filho, Geraldo Jos&#x00E9; Rodrigues (1952&#x2013;).
9: Alencar, Marcello Nunes de (1925&#x2013;).
10: Amado de Faria, Jorge (1912&#x2013;2001).
11: Amap&#x00E1;.
12: Amazon River.
13: Amazon as.
14: Amazonian Rainforest.
15: Amazon Surveillance System (Sistema de Vigil&#x00E2;ncia da Amaz&#x00F4;nia) (SIVAM).
16: Amorim, Celso Luiz Nunes (1942&#x2013;).
17: Apprenticeship Programs.
18: Ar&#x00E1;ujo Costa, Jos&#x00E9; Sarney de (Jos&#x00E9; Sarney) (1930&#x2013;).
19: Art and Architecture.
20: Atomic Energy.
21: Auto Racing.
22: Automotive Industry.
23: Babenco, H&#x00E9;ctor Eduardo (1946&#x2013;).
24: Bahia.
25: Banking Industry.
26: Bel&#x00E9;m.
27: Belo Horizonte.
28: Black Movement (Movimento Negro).
29: Bossa Nova.
30: Braga, Ana Maria (1949&#x2013;).
31: Braga, S&#x00F4;nia Maria Campos (1950&#x2013;).
32: Bras&#x00ED;lia.
33: Bras&#x00ED;lia Declaration.
34: Brazilian Airlines.
35: Brazilian Central Bank (Banco Central do Brasil) (BCB).
36: Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democr&#x00E1;tico Brasileiro) (PMDB).
37: Brazilian Funk and Hip-Hop.
38: Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renov&#x00E1;veis) (IBAMA).
39: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estat&#x00ED;stica) (IBGE).
40: Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Opini&#x00E3;o P&#x00FA;blica e Estat&#x00ED;stica) (IBOPE).
41: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
42: Brazilian Military (For&#x00E7;as Armadas Brasileiras).
43: Brazilian Popular Music (M&#x00FA;sica Popular Brasileira) (MPB).
44: Brazilian Soccer Confederation (Confedera&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Brasileira de Futebol) (CBF).
45: Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira) (PSDB).
46: Buarque, Chico (1944&#x2013;).
47: Cabral Santos Filho, S&#x00E9;rgio de Oliveira (S&#x00E9;rgio Cabral Filho) (1963&#x2013;).
48: Cacha&#x00E7;a.
49: Capital Goods Industry.
50: Capoeira.
51: Cardoso, Fernando Henrique (1931&#x2013;).
52: Carnival.
53: Cear&#x00E1;.
54: Cerrado.
55: Christian Base Communities (Comunidades Eclesiais de Base) (CEBs).
56: Churrasco (Rod&#x00ED;zio).
57: Cinema.
58: Cinema Novo (New Cinema).
59: Coelho, Paulo (1947&#x2013;).
60: Collor de Mello, Fernando Affonso (1949&#x2013;).
61: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE).
62: Congress.
63: Consolidation of Labor Laws (Consolida&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o das Leis do Trabalho) (CLT).
64: Constitution of 1988.
65: Contemporary Writers.
66: Corruption.
67: Criminal Gangs.
68: Curitiba.
69: Democrats (Democratas) (DEM).
70: Diegues, Carlos (Cac&#x00E1; Diegues) (1940&#x2013;).
71: Dirceu, Jos&#x00E9; de Oliveira e Silva (Jos&#x00E9; Dirceu) (1946&#x2013;).
72: Doha Development Round.
73: Drought.
74: Economic (Macroeconomic) Stabilization.
75: Educational System.
76: Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeron&#x00E1;utica S.A.).
77: Emigration.
78: Environmental Movement.
79: Esp&#x00ED;rito Santo.
80: Ethanol.
81: Exports.
82: Family.
83: Family Stipend Program (Programa Bolsa Fam&#x00ED;lia).
84: Fant&#x00E1;stico, O Show da Vida.
85: Favelas (Slums).
86: Federal University System.
87: Feijoada.
88: Figueiredo, Jo&#x00E3;o Baptista de Oliveira (1918&#x2013;1999).
89: Foreign Debt.
90: Forr&#x00F3;.
91: Fortaleza.
92: Franco, Gustavo Henrique de Barroso (1956&#x2013;).
93: Franco, Itamar Augusto Cautiero (1931&#x2013;2011).
94: Freire, Paulo (1921&#x2013;1997).
95: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transsexual Movement (GLBT).
96: General Confederation of Workers (CGT).
97: Get&#x00FA;lio Vargas Foundation (Funda&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Get&#x00FA;lio Vargas) (FGV).
98: Gil Moreira, Gilberto Passos (Gilberto Gil) (1942&#x2013;).
99: Gilberto, Astrud (1940&#x2013;).
100: Gilberto, Jo&#x00E3;o (1931&#x2013;).
101: Goi&#x00E1;s.
102: Gomes, Ciro Ferreira (1957&#x2013;).
103: Governmental/Fiscal Reforms.
104: Gracie, Royce (1966&#x2013;).
105: Highways.
106: HIV/AIDS.
107: Homeless Workers&#x0027; Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto) (MTST).
108: Hydroelectric Power.
109: Igua&#x00E7;u Falls (Foz de Igua&#x00E7;u).
110: Illegal Drugs.
111: Illiteracy.
112: Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI).
113: Indigenous Peoples.
114: Informal Labor Market.
115: Jereissati, Tasso Ribeiro (1948&#x2013;).
116: Judicial System.
117: Kuerten, Gustavo (Guga) (1976&#x2013;).
118: Labor Movement.
119: Landless Rural Workers&#x0027; Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) (MST).
120: Lerner, Jaime (1937&#x2013;).
121: Liberation Theology.
122: Lima, Ronaldo Lu&#x00ED;s Naz&#x00E1;rio de (Ronaldo) (1976&#x2013;).
123: Lins, Paulo (1958&#x2013;).
124: Literature.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
1: Magalh&#x00E3;es, Ant&#x00F4;nio Carlos Peixoto de (1927&#x2013;2007).
2: Maia, C&#x00E9;sar Epit&#x00E1;cio (1945&#x2013;).
3: Malan, Pedro Sampaio (1943&#x2013;).
4: Maluf, Paulo Salim (1931&#x2013;).
5: Manaus.
6: Mantega, Guido (1949&#x2013;).
7: Maranh&#x00E3;o.
8: Massa, Carlos Roberto (Ratinho) (1956&#x2013;).
9: Mato Grosso.
10: Mato Grosso do Sul.
11: Mello, S&#x00E9;rgio Vieira de (1948&#x2013;2003).
12: Melo Neto, Jo&#x00E3;o Cabral de (Jo&#x00E3;o Cabral) (1920&#x2013;1999).
13: Mendes Filho, Francisco Alves (Chico Mendes) (1944&#x2013;1988).
14: Meneghel, Maria da Gra&#x00E7;a (Xuxa) (1963&#x2013;).
15: Mercosul (Mercosur).
16: Military Dictatorship.
17: Minas Gerais.
18: Minimum Wage (Sal&#x00E1;rio M&#x00ED;nimo).
19: Mining.
20: Moqueca.
21: Moraes Carvalho, Helo&#x00ED;sa Helena Lima de (Helo&#x00ED;sa Helena) (1962&#x2013;).
22: Moreira, Ronaldo de Ass&#x00ED;s (Ronaldinho; Ronaldinho Ga&#x00FA;cho) (1980&#x2013;).
23: Municipal Government.
24: Music Industry.
25: Nascimento, Abdias do (1914&#x2013;2011).
26: Nascimento, Edison Arantes do (Pel&#x00E9;) (1940&#x2013;).
27: Nascimento, Milton (1942&#x2013;).
28: National Bank of Economic and Social Development (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econ&#x00F4;mico e Social) (BNDES).
29: National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (Confedera&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura) (CONTAG).
30: National Confederation of Metalworkers (Confedera&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Nacional dos Metal&#x00FA;rgicos) (CNM).
31: National Foundation for the Welfare of Minors (Funda&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Nacional do Bem-Estar do Menor) (FUNABEM).
32: National Foundation of Art (Funda&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Nacional de Arte) (FUNARTE).
33: National Indian Foundation (Funda&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Nacional do &#x00CD;ndio) (FUNAI).
34: National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Settlement (Instituto Nacional de Coloniza&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o e Reforma Agr&#x00E1;ria) (INCRA).
35: National Steel Company (Companhia Sider&#x00FA;rgica Nacional) (CSN).
36: Neves, Tancredo de Almeida (1910&#x2013;1985).
37: Newspapers and Magazines.
38: Niemeyer Soares, Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida de (1907&#x2013;).
39: Oliveira, Anthony William Matheus de (Garotinho) (1960&#x2013;).
40: Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Instituto Oswaldo Cruz) (FIOCRUZ).
41: Ouro Preto.
42: Pagode.
43: Palmares Cultural Foundation (Funda&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o Cultural Palmares).
44: Palocci Filho, Ant&#x00F4;nio (1960&#x2013;).
45: Pantanal.
46: Par&#x00E1;.
47: Para&#x00ED;ba.
48: Paran&#x00E1;.
49: Paran&#x00E1; River.
50: Pastoral Land Commission (Comiss&#x00E3;o Pastoral da Terra) (CPT).
51: Penal System.
52: Pentecostalism.
53: Pernambuco.
54: Petrobras (Petr&#x00F3;leo Brasileiro S.A.).
55: Piau&#x00ED;.
56: Police.
57: Political Parties.
58: Pontif&#x00ED;cia Universidade Cat&#x00F3;lica (PUC).
59: P&#x00F4;rto Alegre.
60: Presidency.
61: Privatization.
62: Prostitution.
63: Protestantism.
64: Public Firms.
65: Ra&#x00E7;a Brasil.
66: Race Relations.
67: Railroads.
68: Real Plan (Plano Real).
69: Recife.
70: Rede Globo.
71: Rede Record.
72: Religion.
73: Ribeiro, Darcy (1922&#x2013;1997).
74: Rio De Janeiro (City).
75: Rio de Janeiro (State).
76: Rio Grande do Norte.
77: Rio Grande Do Sul.
78: Roman Catholic Church.
79: Rond&#x00F4;nia.
80: Roraima.
81: Rousseff, Dilma Vana (1947&#x2013;).
82: Rural Democratic Union (UDR).
83: Salvador da Bahia.
84: Samba.
85: Samba Schools.
86: Santa Catarina.
87: S&#x00E3;o Francisco River (Ribeira de S&#x00E3;o Francisco).
88: S&#x00E3;o Paulo (City).
89: S&#x00E3;o Paulo (State).
90: S&#x00E3;o Paulo Federation of Industries (Federa&#x00E7;&#x00E3;o das Industrias do Estado de S&#x00E3;o Paulo) (FIESP).
91: S&#x00E3;o Paulo Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros de S&#x00E3;o Paulo).
92: Sarney Murad, Roseana (Roseana Sarney) (1953&#x2013;).
93: School Stipend Program (Programa Bolsa Escola).
94: Science and Technology.
95: Sergipe.
96: Senna da Silva, Ayrton (Ayrton Senna) (1960&#x2013;1994).
97: Serra, Jos&#x00E9; (1942&#x2013;).
98: Silva, Fausto Corr&#x00EA;a da (Fausto Silva) (Faust&#x00E3;o) (1950&#x2013;).
99: Silva, Luiz In&#x00E1;cio da (Lula) (1945&#x2013;).
100: Silva Sampaio, Benedita Souza da (Benedita da Silva) (1942&#x2013;).
101: Sistema Brasileiro de Televis&#x00E3;o (Brazilian Television System) (SBT).
102: Slavery and Coerced Labor.
103: Soap Operas (Telenovelas).
104: Soares, J&#x00F4; (1938&#x2013;).
105: Soccer (Futebol).
106: Space Program.
107: State Government.
108: Steel Industry.
109: Street Children.
110: Suplicy, Eduardo Matarazzo (1961&#x2013;).
111: Suplicy, Marta (Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos) (1945&#x2013;).
112: Sustainable Development.
113: Tax Policy.
114: Telebras.
115: Theater.
116: Tocantins.
117: Tourism.
118: Trade Liberalization.
119: Transportation.
120: Trio El&#x00E9;trico.
121: Tropicalism (Tropic&#x00E1;lia).
122: Unified Confederation of Workers (CUT).
123: Unified Health System (SUS).
124: UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) (Rio Earth Summit 1992).
125: UN Mission.
126: Union Power (For&#x00E7;a Sindical) (FS).
127: University of S&#x00E3;o Paulo (Universidade de S&#x00E3;o Paulo) (USP).
128: Utilities.
129: VEJA.
130: Veloso, Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles (1942&#x2013;).
131: Violent Crime.
132: Weapons Industry.
133: Women&#x0027;s Rights Movement.
134: Workers&#x2019; Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) (PT).
135: World Social Forum.
136: Zero Hunger Program (Programa Fome Zero).
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Index.

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