Antonio Pedro Tota: 2 books
The Seduction of Brazil
The Americanization of Brazil during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Following completion of the U.S. air base in Natal, Brazil, in 1942, U.S. airmen departing for North Africa during World War II communicated with Brazilian mechanics with a thumbs-up before starting their engines. This sign soon replaced the Brazilian tradition of touching the earlobe to indicate...
by Antonio Pedro Tota
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Quem são os verdadeiros americanos? Sofisticados moradores de Nova York ou jecas da "América profunda"? Intelectuais vencedores do prêmio Nobel ou truculentos senhores da guerra? Para uns, os Estados Unidos da América são um paradigma da modernidade, para outros, um monstro tentacular...