American CivilizationInstitute for the Study of the Americas, 2007 - 105 páginas This thought-provoking book demonstrates that, far from being a unique entity, the United States is the most American of nations. It shares with its neighbors to the south an aspiration for equal opportunities and freedoms in a society both defined and divided by race. As Charles A. Jones points out, the United States is distinguished from its neighbors chiefly by the greater material capabilities it has been able to apply to this historic task. Although it is sometimes regarded as Western, Jones points out the extremes to which the United States differs from Western Europe: from distinctive levels and styles of religiosity to public violence to respect for law to concern with material accumulation. These traits, far from constituting a claim to exceptionality, bind the U.S. firmly to the rest of the American hemisphere. In fact, Jones argues, it was separated only by the strange accident of historiography that created a Latin America little more than a century ago. He projects that these perceived differences between the United States and its southern neighbors will fade in the near future, and looks forward to a truly inclusive America. |
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... Brazil - economically the most successful over the past generation yet still marked by pronounced inequalities of income and wealth - that stands out as the most religious , with 77 per cent of respondents claiming that religion plays a ...
... Brazil , hyphenation gives way to skin colour which , to a greater extent than in the USA , can be changed by education , dress and wealth . Memorably , the president of the USA asks the president of Brazil , ' Do you have blacks too ...
... Brazil , though independent from Portugal after 1822 , remained an empire under the Braganzas until 1889. France ... Brazil and the Great Powers , 1930–1939 : the Politics of Trade Rivalry ( Austin TX , 1975 ) ; Stanley E. Hilton ...