The Unified Black Movement in Brazil,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Covin, David, PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, This intensive hisong>toong>rical study of Brazil's Movimenong>toong> Negro Unificado centers on the political effects and ramifications of the group. In order ong>toong> present a complete picture of the MNU, it looks at the organization within four separate contexts: international, national, hisong>toong>rical and human. Through this approach, the MNU is examined in relation ong>toong> the African Diaspora, the European colonization of the Americas, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the development of Brazil as an independent state. From a national perspective, the MNU is viewed amid other social organizations and cultural expressions. The result is a detailed study that admits the organization's shortcomings but assesses them contextually, providing a more complete and nuanced understanding of the significance of the MNU's problems and achievements. Appendices offer the MNU Letter of Principles, the Constitution of the MNU, the preamble ong>toong> the MNU Action Program and the MNU Hymn. A glossary is also included.