Summary
Brazil, Second Edition, provides a one-stop resource for information about Brazil, with comprehensive articles covering everything from land and climate, history and current events, and population to culture and lifestyle, government, economy, and society. Readers will also find regional locator, political, and elevation maps, plus a chronology and a list of suggested readings.
About the Author(s)
The late George Thomas Kurian was an editor of reference books who published works with Facts On File, Congressional Quarterly, Henry Holt, Macmillan, Oxford, M. E. Sharpe, and many other publishers. He was president of the International Encyclopedia Society.
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Robbers is professor emeritus of law at the Institute for European Constitutional Law at the University of Trier, Germany, specializing in constitutional law, law of religion, and international public law. He is a founding editor-in-chief of the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion and a member of the Advisory Council for Freedom of Religion at ODIHR/OSCE.