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Introduction | |
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The Brazilian People: Products of Their Past | |
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Altruistic, Sentimental, and Generous | |
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A Wealth of Incalculable Spiritual Attributes | |
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The Colonial Era (1500-1822): A Patriarchal and Hierarchical Society | |
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Essay on Sadness | |
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The Brazilian El Dorado | |
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Circumventing Legal but Unrealistic Obligations | |
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The Portuguese Heritage: Adaptability | |
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The Empire (1822-1889): No Real Rupture with the Past | |
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Jose Dias: Cultural Symbol | |
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A Master-Slave Relationship | |
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The Depraved Man | |
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Self-Interest, Carried to Excess | |
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An Extremely Lively Imagination | |
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A Worthy Subject for a Popular History | |
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Long-Standing Differences of Color, Position, and Wealth | |
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This Universal Love of Trade | |
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Lighthearted, Quick-Witted, Communicative, and Hospitable | |
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The Education of Men and Women | |
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The Evils of Slavery | |
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The Republic (1889-1964): Movement toward Modernization | |
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New World in the Tropics | |
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The "Whitening" Ideal | |
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The Man of the Backlands | |
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A Mutual Accommodation from Highest to Humblest | |
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Affable, Solicitous, and Articulate | |
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Liveliness of Spirit | |
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The Cordial Man | |
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A Passion for the Lottery | |
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Courtesy Mixed with Distrust | |
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The Quiet, Simple, Self-Reliant Caboclo | |
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Subjective, Unpredictable, and Capricious | |
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In the Backlands, Dreaming of the City | |
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The Usual Moderation | |
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Find a Way Around | |
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The Military Period and After (1964-Present): Another Boom-and-Bust Cycle | |
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Do You Know Who You're Talking To?! | |
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Bypassing the System | |
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A Most Personal People | |
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The Persistent Patronage System | |
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The Social Functions of Futebol | |
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An Obsession with Whiteness and Blackness | |
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Brazil in the World | |
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Three Sad Races | |
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Behaving Brazilian | |
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The Patrimonial State | |
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Living Avidly in the Present | |
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Vera: A Woman Speaks | |
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The Everyday Violence of Life | |
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Suggested Readings | |