Second World War and the Rise of Mass Nationalism in Brazil

Class, Race and Citizenship

AvAlexandre Fortes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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This book reexamines the socioeconomic and political transformation that occurred in Brazil during the 1940s as a result of the Second World War.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-23
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:578 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:335
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031580161

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Alexandre Fortes is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Previously, he was a Mellon Visiting Professor in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke University in the USA.

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Second World War in Brazilian history: From the background to the forefront.- 2: Total war, international systems, and social change.- 3: Pragmatic nationalism amidst global uncertainty.- 4: “Improving the race”: Tropical eugenics in times of Nazi triumph.- 5: The Estado Novo and the quest for the “Brazilian ethnic type”.- 6: The 1942 Anti-Axis demonstrations: Taking to the streets.- 7: Brazil under the racist gaze of the Allies.- 8: Antifascism and racial democracy.- 9: Soldiers of production and builders of a new country.- 10: Reframing citizenship for a new world order.- 11: “National union” and class struggle.- 12: Patriots at the ballot box.- 13: Conclusion.