The Brazilians: Their Character and Aspirations

by Jos Hon Rio Rodrigues and José Honório Rodrigues

Book Overview

Brazil has long been a country in search of its own meaning and mission. Early in their history Brazilians began to puzzle over their surroundings and their relation to them. The eighteenth century produced an entire school of nativistic writers who, with the advent of independence, became fiery nationalists, still pursuing introspective studies of their homeland. Throughout the nineteenth century, the intellectuals of Brazil determined to define...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729855
• ISBN13: 9780292729858
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"