The Seduction of Brazil : : The Americanization of Brazil during World War II / / Antonio Pedro Tota.
Following completion of the U.S. air base in Natal, Brazil, in 1942, U.S. airmen departing for North Africa during World War II communicated with Brazilian mechanics with a thumbs-up before starting their engines. This sign soon replaced the Brazilian tradition of touching the earlobe to indicate ag...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. A True “Factory of Ideologies”
- 2. Brazil for the Americans
- 3. The Boogie-Woogie in the Favela, or the Brazilian Attraction to the American Standard of Living
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Name Index