Haunted Heartland - Michael Norman - Paperback - en Book

For Much Of The Twentieth Century Brazil Enjoyed An International Reputation As A Racial Democracy, But That Image Has Been Largely Undermined In Recent Decades By Research Suggesting The Existence Of Widespread Racial Inequality. George Reid Andrews Provides The First Thoroughly Documented History Of Brazilian Racial Inequality From The Abolition Of Slavery In 1888 Up To The Late 1980s, Showing How Economic, Social, And Political Changes In Brazil During The Last One Hundred Years Have Shaped Race Relations.no Laws Of Segregation Or Apartheid Exist In Brazil, But By Looking Carefully At Government Policies, Data On Employment, Mainstream And Afro-brazilian Newspapers, And A Variety Of Other Sources, Andrews Traces Pervasive Discrimination Against Afro-brazilians Over Time. He Draws His Evidence From The Country S Largest And Most Economically Important State, Sao Paulo, Showing How Race Relations Were Affected By Its Transformation From A Plantation-based Economy To South America S Most Urban, Industrialized Society.the Book Focuses First On Afro-brazilians' Entry Into The Agricultural And Urban Working Class After The Abolition Of Slavery.