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02800aam a2200421 i 4500 001 C87B8B066B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120423s2013 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012016727 020 $a 052114535X (paperback) 020 $a 9780521145350 (paperback) 020 $a 0521193621 (hardback) 020 $a 9780521193627 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)791684166 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d UKMGB $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BWX $d QGK $d IUL $d COO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-bl--- 050 00 $a F2510 L48 2013 100 1 $a Lesser, Jeff. 245 10 $a Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present / $c Jeffrey Lesser. 260 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xiv, 208 pages : $b illustrations, map : $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a New approaches to the Americas 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- Epilogue: The song remains the same. 650 0 $a National characteristics, Brazilian $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a National characteristics, Brazilian $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z Brazil $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z Brazil $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Brazil $x History. $x History. 830 0 $a New approaches to the Americas. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211021215.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826065223.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C87B8B066B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search