![]() | The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality: Race and Regional Identity in Northeastern Brazil Subjects: Brazil Northeast -- Civilization; Regionalism -- Brazil Northeast; Group identity -- Brazil Northeast; Brazil Northeast -- Race relations; Brazil Northeast -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Brazil Northeast -- Social conditions -- 20th century; ; The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building. Stanley E. Blake is assistant professor of history at The Ohio State University at Lima. |
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