Reddit mentions: The best brazilian history books

http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Modern-Beauty-Plastic-Surgery/dp/0822348012 - Less about medicine, more of an ethanography, there was a huge brazilian population where I used to live.

>http://www.amazon.com/Improvising-Medicine-Oncology-Emerging-Epidemic/dp/0822353423 - your call, I've read others that are similar in the past (dark african hospitals, mom was a doctor, it came up) but this is apparently more popular now. 10 years ago it was the horror of aids, those books are almost unreadable, if it were any other subject you'd simply have trouble suspending disbelief. http://www.amazon.com/The-Paradox-Hope-Journeys-Borderland/dp/0520267354 is another similar book.

http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Shamans-Apprentice-Ethnobotanist-Medicines/dp/0670831379 - Is probably better if you don't want all the doom/gloom view of african medicine.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10235.Mountains_Beyond_Mountains - Figure you've read this, it's highly recommended and extremely popular now, part of the whole 're-imagining medicine' movement.

>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161121.My_Own_Country - Speaking of my mom, she was a doctor near here, it's definitely a different world.

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife/dp/0684853949 - Read it because of the neuroscience aspect, but I suppose you could consider it a very specialized ethanography of sorts.

Honestly the most popular nowadays is probably the one about the Hmong girl in my first post. I'd recommend it more because I've known a few Hmong and the cultural differences are fascinating.

i've ordered Herr Pep and Boquita. really pumped to read those. on the internet, Marti Perarnau has interesting guides to various European leagues.

the best soccer book of ALL time though is by Eduardo Galeano, El futbol a sol y sombra, also known as Soccer in Sun and Shadow.

Inverting the Pyramid is Great, How Soccer Explains the World is awesome, and Alex Bellos' book, Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life is also really, really great.

First of all, thank you so much for the compliment. Brazil is a really interesting country and has a lot of unique things, specially due to the heterogeneity of the population.

I'm not really sure about books in English, but there's an author "Boris Fausto", whose book is the first that comes to mind. This book, published by USP (the most important university in Brazil) is the one I have. I haven't read all of it, due to being busy lately, but I believe it gives a good feeling about Brazil, even though he doesn't cover some cultural aspects and movements, like the Modern Art Week of 1922. So, if I had to indicate someone, it would be him. His "[A Concise History of Brazil]"(https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Brazil-Cambridge-Histories/dp/1107635241/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) is available in English and the comments on Amazon seems to be positive. So I would check it out, for starters. I don't know about any foreign historians or geopolitical writers that cover Brazil in depth.

I believe that, if you read his book and did some research about the culture, you'd get a firm grasp of Brazil.

Being a brazilian also carries the burden of knowing a lot of books about each period and only just a few who talks about the whole scenario. I think one of the best still is "History of Brazil" (História do Brasil), by Boris Fausto. As far as I've looked, they published the concise version, which might be good to get started (since the regular version is thick like a brick! But it's great nonetheless). Some others that might be interesting are: "Formation of Contemporary Brazil (Formação do Brasil contemporâneo), by Caio Prado Jr. He was one of the first biggest marxists of the country; "Roots of Brazil" (Raízes do Brasil), by Sergio Buarque de Holanda. He was one of the first biggest culturalists of country. If you wish for some books about any specific period of our timeline, just let me know.

Check out the book "With the Back on the Ground". It's a pretty good history of BJJ.

We are mostly in agreement. The creation of BJJ wasn't as much a difference in technique but rather a change in the rules. Maeda started playing around with wrestlers and found that the best way to win was to eliminate the "if you are pinned to your back, you lose" rule that both wrestling and Judo had/has. He started competing with submission-only type rules.

He must've taught his students this, and the Gracie/Fadda academies went on to specialize in the guard games off their back.

All the other students Maeda taught reverted back to using Kodokan Judo rules for their matches.

I recommend these books:

• Jeffery Lang (3) books: Struggling to Surrender, Even Angels Ask and Losing My Religion.
  
  
• Jonathan Brown Hadith- Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World
  
  
• Muhammad Asad The Road to Mecca
  
  
• Tariq Ramadan In the Footsteps of the Prophet
  
  
• Karen Armstrong (2) books: Islam: A Short History
  and Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
  
  
• Martin Lings Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
  
  
• John L. Esposito Who Speaks For Islam?
  
  
• Nathan Lean The Islamophobia Industry
  
  
• Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, Ossie Davis (Afterword), Alex Haley (As Told to)
  
  
• Sherman Jackson Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection
  
  
• Dr. Ejaz Naqvi The Quran: with or Against the Bible?
  
  
• Hamza Yusuf Purification of the Heart
  
  
• Imam Zaid Shakir's translation, commentary and notes on Imam al-Harith al-Muhasibi's Risala al-Mustarshidin Treatise For The Seekers Of Guidance
  
  
• Al-Nawawi Nawawi Forty Hadiths
  
  Side note on Quran translation:
  
  Stay away from
  
  
• The Penguin Koran (The Koran -Penguin Classics- by Anonymous and N. J. Dawood). Its been written by non-Muslim who also changed the order of the Suras. In fact, Dawood's translation might as well been written by Robert Spencer!
  
  Try:
  
  
• The Gracious Quran: A Modern-Phrased Interpretation in English
  
  
• Mona Siddiqui How to Read The Qur'an
  
  
• Bayyinah Podcast for a comprehensive tafseer with Nouman Ali Khan (The iTunes Podcast URL)
  
  
  Misc:
  
  
• Terry Alford Prince among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Sold Into Slavery in the American South
  
  
• Omar Ibn Said A Muslim American Slave
  
  
• João José Reis Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia
  
  
• Ahmad Dallal Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
  
  
• Use this link to download the PDF copy of Even Angels Ask by Jeffrey Lang.
  
  
• Use this link to download copy of Quran translation by Muhammad Asad on on scribd.
  
  
• Use this link to download copy of Quran translation by MAS Abdul Haleem OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
  
  
• Use this link to download copy of Quran translation by Saheeh International (PDF)
  
  
• The Purpose of Life - Jeffrey Lang
  
  Movie:
  
  
• Journey to Mecca

I only know books in English, but the Cambridge history books have been amazingly detailed resources so far:

Colonial Brazil (Cambridge History of Latin America)

Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930 (Cambridge History of Latin America)

The Cambridge History of Latin America (Volume 9) (I haven't bought this because of the price)



A wonderfully fun book:

Historia de uma Viagem Feita á Terra do Brazil ( I read the English version )

For history suggestions, don't forget /r/history

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Looking quickly at their excellent reading/watching list, https://www.reddit.com/r/history/wiki/recommendedlist

I see this:

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Latin American/Caribbean History

General

• *Born In Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America: Fourth Edition By John Charles Chasteeen. This edition was published in 2016 and features an improved set of maps and illustrations.
  
• *The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History By John C. Moye
  
• *Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent: 2009 edition By Eduardo Galeano.
  
• Latin America: Regions and People By Robert B. Kent.
  
• The Cambridge History of Latin America By Leslie Bethell.
  
• Afro-Latin America: 1800-2000 By George Reid Andrews.
  
• Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization By Arthur Demarest is one of the best introductions to Mayan history.
  
• Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History By Susan Toby Evans.
  
• In From The Cold: Latin America's New Encounter With the Cold War by Gilbert M. Joseph and Daniela Spencer.
  
• Revolution and Revolutionaries: Guerrilla Movements in Latin America By Daniel Castro.
  
• The History of Latin America: A Collision of Cultures By Michael Eakin explores 500 years of Latin American history and looks at the economic, political, social and cultural evolution of its nations and their peoples.
  
• The Oxford History of Latin American Economics By Jose Antonio Ocampo and Jaime Ros. This is a good introduction to understanding the development of economics and policy in Latin America.
  
• Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence by Robert Harvey.
  
• Politics of Latin America: The Power Game: 4th Edition by Harry E. Vandon and Gary Prevost looks at the political history of Latin America and delves into the sociopolitical issues that have influenced Latin America from the ground up as well emerging issues and new problems facing Latin America in the age of globalization. Vandon and Prevost
  
  

  South America
  

  
  

• A Concise History of Brazil By Boris and Sergio Fausto.
  
• Short History of Brazil, A : From Pre-Colonial Peoples to Modern Economic Miracle By Gordon Kerr.
  
• A New Economic History of Argentina by Gerardo Della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor.
  
• The Argentina Reader by Gabriella Nouzeilles and Graciela Montaldo.
  
• A History of Chile: Enduring Editions by Luis Galdames.
  
• The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Peter Lambert and Andrew Nickson.
  
• The Ecuador Reader by Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler.
  
  

  Central America
  

  
  

• Power in the Isthmus: A Political History of Modern Central America By James Dunkerley.
  
• Simon Bolivar: A Life By John Lynch explores the life of the extraordinary man who liberated six countries from the Spanish Empire made a lasting impression on the politics and society of Central America still tangible today.
  
• The History of Panama by Robert C. Harding covers a century of history, economy and culture in Panama.
  
• The Costa Rica Reader by Steven Palmer. Covers the history of Costa Rica.
  
• Columbia Before Independence: Economy, Society and Politics under Bourbon Rule by Anthony McFarlane.
  
• Democracy and Socialism in Sandinista Nicaragua By Harry E. Vandon and Gary Prevost.
  
  

Best reading on the topic:

http://www.amazon.com/1808-Emperor-British-Tricked-Napoleon/dp/0762787961

This book is a best seller in Brazil.

I highly recommend A Concise History of Brazil, by Boris Fausto, which was recommended to me by my History teacher when I was a senior in high school here in Brazil. It's very accurate and it's also an enjoyable reading.

I mean, there are entire books written about the unique Brazilian relationship with communication and transportation infrastructure, but okay.

This actually happened to Brazil when Napoleon was threatening Portugal. Haven't read it yet, but here is the book you could read on what happened. If you would like the spoiler read the summary of Pedro I of Brazil here

The Brazil Reader.

See amazon link.

O Povo Brasileiro, Darcy Ribeiro.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brazilian-People-Formation-University/dp/0813017777

darcy ribeiro The Brazilian People: The Formation and Meaning of Brazil

Apparently there are 2 different english translations for this one:

Backlands: The Canudos Campaign

Rebellion in the Backlands

Here, u/JewbaccaIsReal. 3 recomendations, all well-reviewed and updated (oldest is from 2016)

https://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Biography-Lilia-M-Schwarcz/dp/0374280495
(The translated edition is newly launched, so there are no reviews yet, but the brazilian one has 4,5 stars)

https://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Troubled-Rise-Global-Power/dp/0300216971/

https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Brazil-Cambridge-Histories/dp/1107635241

The only information I provided that can't be found on a map is in regards to race in Brazil, something I learned about back in an undergrad course.

Race is a hot button issue in Brazil. While they only have a few categories for race on the census, they are widely disagreed with. Anything that discusses race in Brazil will discuss the complexity of how race is constructed.

I was first exposed to ideas regarding race in Brazil in the book Laughter out of Place

If you want more short-form reading on the subject, google "race in brazil" and it will be unavoidable.

Here is a citation from Guy Bailey, and here's a book about "The Lost Colony of the Confederacy."

The lack of dialects in colonies is due to two factors - lack of time and homogenization. In England, there have been hundreds of years for different groups to live apart and have their varieties of English develop separately. Consider that until the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, most of the United States lived on the Eastern coast, which is where the most diverse dialects of the United States are. The cities and towns on the Eastern coast had more time to develop differently compared to the Midwest and Western states. They also had more time to be "isolated" from each other, in an era where communication and movement between cities was much more difficult. That's the reason that Western dialects are more homogenous - there's a lot of movement, resulting in leveling of dialect differences, and just not enough time. But that doesn't mean there will never be new dialects. There are already sound shifts that can be found in California that aren't in the rest of the west, for example.

Although I'm not familiar with dialects of other colonial/colonizing languages, e.g. Spanish, French, I would wager that something similar is probably happening there. Although at least with Spanish, the different Spanish countries have noticeably distinct accents, mostly with regards to lexicon and intonation. Perhaps because those countries had been settled by the colonizing force longer than the American West? And I cannot say much on the topic of French.

Brazil: The Fortunes of War
By Neill Lochery

http://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Fortunes-War-Neill-Lochery/dp/0465039987/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420994769&sr=8-1&keywords=brazil+ww2