LLCU 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fome Zero, Jeitinho, Inferiority Complex
18 Sep 2016
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Most recent census indicates 200 million residents that are 47. 5% white, 43% pardo (brown, or mixed-race), 7. 5% black, 1. 1% asian, 0. 4% indigenous. Five major regions: north, northeast, center-west, southeast (includes rio), south. Southeast, where rio is located, is the heartland or brazilian industrialization. Expedition by pedro alvarez cabral discovers brazil, arriving in what is present day bahia on april. Cabral and his men were fascinated by what they saw, perceptions emphasized exotic and focused on human and environmental resources there for the taking . Given their small population compared to other european empires, rather than colonize, portuguese created a trading empire through a vast network of coastal enclaves. Initially the pope, but later with spain through the treaty of tordesilhas, divided up the new world between the crowns of portugal and spain. France spain, and other european powers posed constant threats through incursions.
