Formation of Souls - Imagery of the Republic in Brazil

Jose Murilo de Carvalho is professor of history at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has published twelve books, including "Cidadania ano Brasil: O longo caminho" (2001), and the biography "D. Pedro II: Ser ou nao ser "(2007). Klappentext Examines the birth of the Brazilian Republic in 1889. Given that the majority of the population of Brazil participated very little in the change from an empire to a republic, what allowed the new government to consolidate its power? As a part of the answer to this question, Carvalho analyses a collection of republican symbols, images, allegories, and myths of the period as attempts by various republican political elites to shape the collective social imagination. Zusammenfassung In The Formation of Souls, José Murilo de Carvalho examines the birth of the Brazilian Republic in 1889.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Murilo De Carvalho
• Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9780268035266
• ISBN: 978-0-268-03526-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous