The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil

by Barbara Weinstein

Book Overview

In The Color of Modernity, Barbara Weinstein focuses on race, gender, and regionalism in the formation of national identities in Brazil; this focus allows her to explore how uneven patterns of economic development are consolidated and understood. Organized around two principal episodes--the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution and 1954's IV Centen rio, the quadricentennial of S o Paulo's founding--this book shows how both elites and popular sectors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822357771
• ISBN13: 9780822357773
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.9"