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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779316203321

Autore

Lesser Jeff

Titolo

Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present / / Jeffrey Lesser [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23277-5

1-139-60959-9

1-139-62447-4

1-139-02679-8

1-107-25327-6

1-139-61145-3

1-139-61517-3

1-139-62075-4

1-283-94365-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New approaches to the Americas

Classificazione

HIS024000

Disciplina

305.800981

Soggetti

National characteristics, Brazilian - History - 19th century

National characteristics, Brazilian - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Brazil - History - 19th century

Immigrants - Brazil - History - 20th century

Brazil Ethnic relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Creating Brazilians; 2. From Central Europe and Asia: immigration schemes, 1822-1870; 3. Mass migrations, 1880-1920; 4. The creation of Euro-Brazilian identities; 5. How Arabs became Jews, 1880-1940; 6. Asianizing Brazil: new immigrants and new identities, 1900-1955; 7. Epilogue: the song remains the same.

Sommario/riassunto

Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present examines the immigration to Brazil of millions of Europeans, Asians and Middle Easterners beginning in the nineteenth century. Jeffrey Lesser analyzes how these newcomers and their descendants



adapted to their new country and how national identity was formed as they became Brazilians along with their children and grandchildren. Lesser argues that immigration cannot be divorced from broader patterns of Brazilian race relations, as most immigrants settled in the decades surrounding the final abolition of slavery in 1888 and their experiences were deeply conditioned by ideas of race and ethnicity formed long before their arrival. This broad exploration of the relationships between immigration, ethnicity and nation allows for analysis of one of the most vexing areas of Brazilian study: identity.