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ISBN: | 9780822977704 0822977702 9780822961338 0822961334
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building. Since colonial times, the Northeast has been an agricultural region based primarily on sugar production. The area's.
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Other form: | Print version: Blake, Stanley E. Vigorous core of our nationality : race and regional identity in northeastern Brazil. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2011] x, 315 pages ; 23 cm Pitt Latin American series 9780822961338
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Standard no.: | ebc2039337
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