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Book SynopsisTalks about the subject of race relations in Brazil. This book seeks to understand the reality of race in Brazil and how well it squares with the traditional and revisionist views of race relations. It seeks to understand some of the political pathologies of buying too readily into unexamined ideas about race relations.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Oliver Cromwell Cox Award, Section on Race and Ethnic Minorities of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2006 Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2005 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Sociology of Population, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2005 Hubert Herring Award, Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies Winner of the 2005 Best Book on Brazil in English, Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association "This is a blockbuster of a book. To a topic--Brazilian race relations--historically fraught with ambiguity, uncertainty, and disagreement, it brings clarity, logic, and lucidity, not to mention several truckloads of data. The result is the most important work on race in Brazil since Gilberto Freyre's seminal The Masters and the Slaves (1933)... The clarity and lucidity of Telles's findings, and the wealth of data on which they are based, make this book a genuine tour de force, and the most illuminating examination of Brazilian race relations that I have ever read."--George Reid Andrews, Journal of Social History "Edward Telles's rich and important book is the latest, and most systematic, sociological study of Brazilian race relations... In this book, Telles greatly advances our knowledge of race's significance in Brazil and, to a lesser extent, in the United States. It should be required reading in any sociology course about Brazil and/or race."--Melissa Nobles, American Journal of Sociology "Telles skillfully diagnoses the dimensions and mechanisms of race discrimination and, in a lucid final chapter, identifies those policy solutions the government should contemplate to break with these nefarious patterns."--Mala Htun, Political Science Quarterly "Edward E. Telles's consideration of race in Brazil is a landmark study... It sets a standard for the study of race in Brazil against which all future works on the subject will be measured."--David Covin, Perspectives on Politics "An amazingly detailed account of race in Brazil... [T]he author makes a major contribution to the understanding of race relations, making this book required reading for anyone interested in the topics of race or Brazil."--Franklin Goza, Contemporary Sociology "Edward Telles's Race in Another America is an impressive comparative analysis on the maintenance of racial boundaries and forms of racial discrimination that focuses mainly on Brazil and the United States."--Kwame Dixon, Latin American Research Review "Edward Telles has written a book distinguished by careful research and attention to the existing literature in Brazilian race relations and society, supplemented by astute personal observations and reflectivity."--Anani Dzidzienyo, The Americas
