Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil

by Edward E. Telles

Book Overview

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the increasingly important and controversial subject of race relations in Brazil. North American scholars of race relations frequently turn to Brazil for comparisons, since its history has many key similarities to that of the United States. Brazilians have commonly compared themselves with North Americans, and have traditionally argued that race relations in Brazil are far more harmonious because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691127921
• ISBN13: 9780691127927
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"