Lorena Ellis Translator (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Signed and dated on endpaper byAmada Antillon, UC Berkeley, 2015. else unmarked. Assume this is someone of importance. Octavo, softcover, as new in white pictorial wraps with Roosevelt and leaders of Brazil on cover.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 agreement, friendship, and all that was positive and good-yet another indication of the Americanization of Brazil under way, 159 pp. This brings greater sophistication to both Brazilian and American understanding of the forces at play during this period, and should appeal to historians as well as students of Latin America, culture, and communications. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 159 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.