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This series of photographic information books concentrates on the daily lives and experiences of children in countries around the world. Each book focuses on a particular child's day: from waking up, through breakfast, going to school, learning, travelling home, playing and getting ready for bed. Six-year-old Cassio lives with his mother, an evening-class teacher and his father, a minibus driver. Cassio spends much of his school day outside, and he especially likes learning to grow vegetables in the school garden. Cassio and his friend push each other home from school in Cassio's "carrinho" (barrow), stopping to buy their favourite sweets on the way - these are "doce-de-leite" (milk sweets). When it comes to the evening meal, his mother always cooks extra, so that there will be enough if friends and family wish to call by. ... Read more

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The GeoInfo series of scientific conferences is an annual forum for exploring research, development and innovative applications in geographic information science and related areas. This book provides a privileged view of what is currently happening in the field of geoinformatics as well as a preview of what could be the hottest developments and research topics in the near future.

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Manaus. Brazil, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Gross domestic product, Cabanagem, Free Economic Zone of Manaus, Amazon Theatre, Eduardo Gomes International Airport, Port of Manaus ... Read more

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The Brazilian diaspora refers to the migration of →Brazilians to other countries, a fairly recent phenomenonthat has been driven mainly by economic problems that haveafflicted Brazil since the ending of the militarydictatorship in the 1980s. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pará is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country. Neighboring states are (clockwise from north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the north it borders Guyana and Suriname. Pará is the second largest state of Brazil in area, second only to Amazonas. (It was the third until Mato Grosso do Sul broke away from Mato Grosso in 1977.) In the northern region, it has the largest population, more than 6 million. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rain forest. Well known Amazonian products include: firstly, rubber extracted from the natural rubber tree groves, tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, and most recently minerals such as iron ore and bauxite. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pico da Neblina (Fog Peak) is the highest mountain in Brazil, 2,994 metres (9,822 feet) above sea level, in the Imeri mountain range (Serra do Imeri), a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies barely within Brazilian territory, at a horizontal distance of a mere 687 meters (2,254 feet) from the Venezuelan border at Pico 31 de Março. The latter peak is only 21 metres lower and Brazil's second highest mountain.The word neblina means "fog" in both Portuguese and Spanish; so, the peak's name (meaning "Peak of the Mists") reflects that it is shrouded in dense clouds most of the time. It was first ascended in 1965 by members of a Brazilian army expedition. ... Read more

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Carnivals rule the streets of Brazil from Christmas to Ash Wednesday. This is a time of performances, merrymaking, & feasting that blends Catholic beliefs with African & Portuguese heritage into a variety of public celebrations. This wonderful book presents the folklore behind the festivities, explaining the significance of the colorful costumes, dances, & characters. Brazilian artist Liza Papi translates the energy & the rich traditions of northeastern Brazil into her vibrant, hand-colored, woodcut prints. Also, this unique storybook offers instructions on festive, easy-to-make decorations & costumes from common supplies such as newspapers, wheat paste, felt, colored paper, & nontoxic paints & glue. ... Read more

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An introduction to catholic, Afro-Brazilian and Amerindian religions and their festivals which go by the names of Carnaval, Boi-Bumba, Festa Junina and Festado Bonfim. Foods and recipes are given as well as a history of colonialism, slavery and immigration to Brazil. This book is one of a series which explores religion and food through festivals. There is a farming section which introduces geographical information , the major food products of each country and how they are produced. There are also four simple, illustrated step-by-step recipes in each book for use in Food Science lessons. The series aims to support the Literacy Strategy, develops numeracy and can be used for cross-curricular teaching. ... Read more

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This is the first book to cover Holocene geology and geomorphology of the entire 8,500 kilometers of the Brazilian coast. It is aimed at third and fourth year undergraduates, post-graduate students, scientists and managers. It characterizes the coast in terms of holocene geology, geomorphology, oceanographic conditions and the location of the barrier types. Separate chapters outline the types of barrier in each state, beginning in the south and proceeding to the north. Special emphasis is placed on the stretches of coast where the detailed morphology and stratigraphy of barriers has been previously determined.

To date the Brazilian coastal barriers have been largely ignored by the international community, especially by north American authors and scientists who generally concentrate on barrier islands. However, the Brazilian coastal barriers display a much wider range of types than is generally assumed. The biggest and most spectacular dunefield barriers in the world exist in Brazil although hitherto completely unknown.

This volumes provides a wealth of information on barrier types, evolution and dynamics. It furnishes managers, biologists and botanists with much needed geological and dynamic background of the evolution, functioning and ecosystems of holocene barriers along the entire Brazilian coast.

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Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time.This collection utilizes newly-available historical data along with spatially and temporally explicit analytical methods to evaluate and refine core demographic theories and to pose new questions about mortality and fertility transitions, migration, urbanization, and social inequality.It adds a spatial dimension to the analysis of temporal processes and a temporal element to spatial processes.Chapters cover a broad range of geographical settings, including the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Islamic world, and span time periods from the eighteenth to twentieth century.Contributors from a variety of disciplines reveal the complexity of factors involved in population processes that spread across space and unfold over time, and demonstrate a rich set of tools with which to explore, analyze, and test the spatial and temporal dynamics of these phenomena.The theories, methods, and substantive findings presented here provide new lenses through which to view time and space in population studies, offering useful models and valuable insights to demographers and other social scientists exploring both historical and contemporary questions about population dynamics anywhere in the world. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 6791 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Geographical reviews.(Book review)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: The Geographical Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 99Issue: 4Page: 598(13)

Article Type: Book review

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