Making Samba. A New History of Race and Music in Brazil, Paperback - Marc A. Hertzman

By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories...

Refazenda connects a remarkable album by one of the 20th and 21st centuries' great musicians to a dazzling, often unexpected, array of people and p...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Chris McGowanAuthor: Ricardo PessanhaThis title includes discussions of developments in samba and other key genres, the ris...

"Analyzes a momentous album via the perspective of serendipitous global encounters"--

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Reducere. Samba in Brazil, written by Paul Yanuziello with illustrations by Joshua Miller, is a fun story about a lovable puppy and his best friend on their ...

A critical study of race, racialization and representation in the context of Turkish modernization

Reducere. Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz ...

Reducere. Samba Gadjigo presents a unique personal portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. Though Sembène has persistent...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Melissa L. CooperDuring the 1920s and 1930s, anthropologists and folklorists became obsessed with uncovering connections be...

Reducere. This book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political particip...

An ultimate travel book, combining exquisite writing on food with history, culture and politics, to create an intelligent and enthralling portrait ...

Reducere. "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands."Michelle Alexander More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the ...

Reducere. In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaig...

Reducere. Kit Carson (1809-1868) has long held a prominent place in the popular imagination of the American West. However, little is known about his family l...

Reducere. Watch the Author Interview on KNMEIn both the historic record and the popular imagination, the story of nineteenth-century westward expansion in Am...

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Highlights the work of contemporary Brazilian photographers with an emphasis on images which reflect the dynamism and eclecticism of Brazilian soci...

Reducere. Genealogical And Family History Of Southern New York And The Hudson River Valley; A Record Of The Achievements Of Her People In The Making Of A Com...

Reducere. In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of countr...

Reducere. Join Carole P. Roman when she visits the stunning and diverse land of Brazil in the newest book of her informative series. Learn about the varied c...

DescriptionWhen How to Make It in the New Music Business hit shelves in 2016, it instantly became the go-to resource for musicians eager to make a ...

DescriptionOrganized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from t...

Reducere. 21 years after its publication, a new edition is being published with updated text and new chapters as well as a new Introduction, written by one o...

Reducere. The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock Its hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day...

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This book amounts to a series of stories about my experience of living and working in Brazil over a period of thirty-three years. The aim of the bo...

Cassius X is the remarkable story of the transformation of Cassius Clay into global icon Muhammad Ali, pivoting on the year that he converted to Is...

Reducere. A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the presentFor many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul E. CeruzziIllustration(s): 88 figuresNumber of pages: 536Collection: History of ComputingPublication date: ...

DescriptionCombining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting...