Envisioning
Brazil
A Guide to Brazilian
Studies in the United States
Edited by Marshall C. Eakin and Paulo Roberto de Almeida
"A 'state of the art' collection on Brazilian studies—I
know of no book that attempts to do what this book does. It lays
out themes and issues that advance the scholarly understanding
of South America's largest and most important nation."
—Margo
Milleret, University of New Mexico
This comprehensive and sweeping assessment
of Brazilian studies in the United States examines trends and
perspectives, providing an overview of the writings by the foremost
U.S. scholars of Brazil since 1945.
"The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States"
provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities.
"Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the academic
disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language
studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology,
Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints:
Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions
of U.S. scholars in international perspective. "Bibliographic
and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications,
an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources,
and a bibliography.
Marshall C. Eakin, professor of history at Vanderbilt
University and the executive director of the Brazilian Studies
Association, is the author and editor of several books, including Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte and Brazil: The Once and Future Country. Paulo Roberto
de Almeida is a Brazilian diplomat and the author of several
books on economic international relations and the diplomatic
history of Brazil, including Une Histoire du Brésil:
Pour comprendre le Brésil contemporain and Le Mercosud:
Un marché commun pour L'Amérique du Sud.
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July 2005
LC: 2005001336 F
532 pp. 6 x 9
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