Discusses the relationship between squatters and the state in Brazil. Information on redemocratization in Latin America; Return of electoral democracy; Political transition from authoritarian to procedurally democratic regimes; Detailed information on the squatter settlements in Brazil; Distribution and sale of cocaine from public low-income housing projects; Information on prison authorities in Brazil.
Analyzes the socioeconomic history of the slave system of Minas Gerais in Brazil from 1776 to 1821. Transition from slave-based economy to agricultural and cattle economy; Economic dependence on slave labor; Slave importation; Contributing factors to decline of slave practices.
Carvalho,José Jorge de (Editor), Doria,Siglia Zambrotti (Editor), and Oliveira,Adolfo Neves, Jr. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Salvador: Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais : Editora da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at the I Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia, held at the Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais in December 1993., 270 p., Contents: A experiência histórica nas Américas e no Brasil / José Jorge de Carvalho -- A comunidade rural negra do Rio das Rãs ; O processo de ocupação da região do Rio das Rãs ; A experiência comunitæria ; Símbolos e projeções míticas da história ; A comunidade negra do Rio das Rãs : remanescentes dos quilombos ; Estado atual da luta jurídica / Siglia Zambrotti Doria e José Jorge de Carvalho -- Reflexão antropológica e prática pericial / Adolfo Neves de Oliveira Jr; Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia
On Nov 15, 1996, Sao Paolo, Brazil's largest and richest city, elected its first black mayor, former finance secy Celso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento, who won 57% of the vote.
