BAHIA, City, Brazil

city, Brazil: see Salvador, Brazil.

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books on: Bahia City Brazil  - 1345 results

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Sovereignty and Society in Colonial Brazil: The High Court of Bahia and Its Judges, 1609-1751
Book by Stuart B. Schwartz; University of California Press, 1973
Subjects: Brazil--Social Conditions, Portugal--Colonies--Administration, Portugal--Colonies--America
...usage. In general, I have followed modern Brazilian usage for example, Antonio not Antonio, Bahia not Baia , although this has led me to supply...Oporto not Porto when such exists. The city of Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos...
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Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s to 1990s
Book by Hendrik Kraay; M. E. Sharpe, 1998
Subjects: Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race Relations, Blacks--Brazil--Bahia (State)--Government Relations, Politics And Culture--Brazil--Bahia (State)--History
...capital of the Brazilian province of Bahia, and remarked...imagination, the city could be taken...focus on the city of Salvador...still called Bahia , colonial Brazils capital until...Freedom in Bahia, Brazil, 1790-1900...Under," "This City Has Too Many...
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In Pursuit of Honor and Power: Noblemen of the Southern Cross in Nineteenth Century in Brazil
Book by Eul - Soo Pang; University of Alabama, 1988
Subjects: Brazil--Economic Conditions--19th Century, Nobility--Brazil--History--19th Century
...Gerais, Brasilia, Bahia, Pernambuco, and...original field trip to Brazil for this project...and Salt Lake City to check out additional...bank in colonial Brazil to facilitate the...the population of Bahia almost doubled, and in 1820 that of the city of Salvador was...
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Dom Pedro: The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798-1834
Book by Neill Macaulay; Duke University Press, 1986
Subjects: Brazil--History--1763-1822, Brazil--History--Empire, 1822-1889, Brazil--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Pedro--I--Emperor Of Brazil--1798-1834, Portugal--History--1789-1900
...northeast of the city. In the...capital of Brazil, Bahia had been...represented in Bahia by its people, for the city was the center of Brazils thriving...landed at Bahia were destined...northeastern Brazil or for the...retained in the city to make its...
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An Introduction to Brazil
Book by Charles Wagley; Columbia University Press, 1963
Subjects: Brazil--Civilization, Brazil--Social Conditions--1945-1964
...setting and the city plan of...strikingly of Bahia in Brazil. On the...places, to Brazilian Portuguese...rock is a city in southern Bahia, and Itapetininga...who fled Brazil with the...decline. Today Bahia and Recife...American city, are wit...
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journal articles on: Bahia City Brazil  - 80 results

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Race, Gender and Regional Labor Market Inequalities in Brazil
Journal article by Peggy A. Lovell; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 58, 2000
Subjects: Brazil--Economic aspects, Discrimination--Economic aspects, Economic development--Brazil, Equality--Brazil, Labor market--Brazil, Race relations--Economic aspects, Wages--Demographic aspects
...L. and Campanario, M. (1986) "Sao Paulo: the price of world city status," Development and Change, 17(1): 159-174. Lovell, P...geography of economic development and racial discrimination in Brazil," Development and Change, 21(1): 83-101. ----- (1994) "Race...
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From Ethnicity to Race and Gender: Transformations of Black Lay Sodalities in Salvador, Brazil
Journal article by Mieko Nishida; Journal of Social History, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: Blacks--Associations and societies, Confraternities--Brazil, Ethnicity--Brazil, Salvador, Brazil--Social aspects
...Sodalities The city of Salvador, Bahia (capital of Brazil, 1549-1763...Colonial Brazil" (Ph.D. diss., City College of...Mattoso, Bahia, seculo XIX...Salvador, Bahia, 1979), p...Cf. In the city of Rio de...Kidder, Brazil and the Brazilians...
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Social Transformation and "Popular Schooling" in Brazil
Journal article by Cesar Augusto Rossatto; Childhood Education, Vol. 77, 2001
Subjects: Brazil--Education, Children--Education, Ecology--Education, Education--Social aspects, Environment and children--Education
...Schooling for Street Children Another school model of popular education has been used in northeastern Brazil, in the city of Salvador, in the state of Bahia. Projeto Axe, a nonprofit organization, takes credit for removing thousands of children from the...
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Politics in Brazil: From Elections without Democracy to Democracy without Citizenship
Journal article by Leslie Bethell; Daedalus, Vol. 129, 2000
Subjects: Brazil--Politics and government, Democracy--Brazil
...elections ever held in Brazil. Seven and a half...than half in the city of Rio de Janeiro...Maranhtilde{a}o, Bahia, and Paracute{a...democracy in the world. Brazilian democracy may be...lesser extent also in Bahia and Pernambuco; merchants...economic autonomy for Brazil without sacrificing...
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Demographic Change in a Post-Export Boom Society: The Population of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1776-1821
Journal article by Laird W. Bergad; Journal of Social History, Vol. 29, 1996
Subjects: Demographic transition--Analysis, Economic development--Analysis, Minas Gerais, Brazil--Demographic aspects, Slave labor--Economic aspects
...regions contiguous to Bahia and Espirito Santo attracted...captaincy. While the city of the Vila Real (Sabara...mulatto slaves from other Brazilian regions. The total slave...Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society: Bahia, 1550-1825 (Cambridge...
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magazine articles on: Bahia City Brazil  - 70 results

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Salvador Da Bahia: A Truly African City
Magazine article by Simon Dungworth; New African, January 2004
Subjects: Brazil--Description and travel, Brazil--History
...Truly African City. by...Salvador da Bahia is the capital...northeast Brazil which is larger...the world, a city that is immensely...Salvador da Bahia, the capital...northeast Brazil. ILLUSTRATION...feasts in Bahia is, without...takes over the city. The African influence on Brazil is huge and...
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Letter from Brazil
Magazine article by Robert Neuwirth; The Nation, Vol. 271, July 10, 2000
Subjects: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City)--Social aspects, Urban renewal--Public participation
...drafted into the army-were sent to the northern state of Bahia to quash a rebellion. Those who returned to Rio had...surviving with no electricity, no plumbing and few city services. As Brazil industrialized, the cities swelled with people looking...
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Boundless Love and Death in Bahia
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, January 2002
Subjects: Amado, Jorge--Biography, Authors, Brazilian--Biography, Brazil--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racism--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...adulation for Brazils most renowned...visiting Bahia on the occasion...principal city, Salvador...the south of Bahia, its richest...black race in Brazil, a life of...Alta (Upper City) to its base...there in the city of Bahia," Amado wrote...
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A Fresh Breeze Blows in Bahia
Magazine article by Christopher Dunn; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 46, May-June 1994
Subjects: Historic buildings--Maintenance and repair, Historic districts--Buildings, facilities, etc., Salvador, Brazil--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...Matos, the great Brazilian satiric poet, wrote...about his native city in the late seventeenth...words for Salvador, Bahia, the first colonial...the stature of the city within Brazil and beyond, the restoration...ago: Miss Lady Bahia, noble and opulent...
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The Colors of Bahia
Magazine article by Ed Towles, Alex Exum; American Visions, Vol. 8, August 1993
Subjects: Africans in Brazil--Social aspects, Salvador, Brazil--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...state. Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, has an ascending topography...separate the capital city into two parts--uptown...the northeast coast of Brazil, the area that is now the state of Bahia, around 1550. Salvador, a city with a population of...
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newspaper articles on: Bahia City Brazil  - 35 results

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Take the Road to RIO; Better Known for Its Talented Footballers Than What It Can Offer the Tourist, Brazil Is Now Being Opened Up to the UK Long-Haul Market. Peter Willoughby Visits This Fascinating Country and Discovers Exotic Beaches, Value for Money - and Takes a Journey of a Lifetime
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 3, 2001
Subjects: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City)
...beaches of Brazils north-eastern state of Bahia and then...beautiful city location...the full Brazil experience, combine the Bahia stay with...this teeming city of seven...travelled to Brazil with Airtours...coastal area of Bahia, flying direct...
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Brazil Waxes Lyrical; TRAVEL
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 24, 2006
...varied and addictive. But most of all, Brazil is all about its beaches. Copacabana is...wild like the wide honey-coloured sands of Bahia. Until The Copacabana Palace hotel was...society. Later, after the tunnel from the city to the coast was built, people began to...
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Nuts about Brazil
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 21, 2007
...northern border of Bahia, Brazils most historic...countrys carnival city of Rio. After...Elsewhere in Bahia, its capital Salvador...to see why the city has been declared...away from the city lights, if theres...visit while in Brazil, for sheer natural...
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There's an Awful Lot of Potential in Brazil. Call of the Samba: Buyers Are Being Lured to Property Bargains in Brazil
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 9, 2007
...London and Manchester toSalvador - Brazils third biggest city and the capital of Bahia, the maintourist region - this is set to change. Salvador is Brazils most culturally vibrant city. Once the centre of the slavetrade...
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Nutty about Brazil
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), April 15, 2007
...northern border of Bahia, Brazils most historic...countrys carnival city of Rio. After...Salvador and Bahia in general...some of what Brazil has to offer...countrys prime city. Famed for...away from the city lights, if...visit while in Brazil, for sheer...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bahia City Brazil  - 11 results

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Bahia , City, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAHIA , city, Brazil city, Brazil: see Salvador , Brazil. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Salvador , City, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...SALVADOR , city, Brazil sal v dor...lv thor or Bahia b e y , formerly...Salvador souN, city (1991 pop. 2...capital of Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on the...of colonial Brazil. The resulting...1624 25), the city was the capital...
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Rio De Janeiro , City, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sa, governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. At the same time the city of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro was founded by...point for all gold from the interior. It replaced Bahia (now Salvador) as the capital of Brazil in 1763 and...
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Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Amazon is the city of Belem , chief port of N Brazil. Southeast of...northern part of Bahia was the center...inland from the Brazilian coast. Portuguese...then founded the city of Rio de Janeiro...attack on Salvador (Bahia) in 1624, and in...
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IlhÉus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ILHEUS elye oos, city (1991 pop. 223,750), Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on Ilheus Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean...the early 20th cent. Ilheus is still the cacao center of Brazil. It exports rubber, timber, chemicals, and piassava. A...
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