Blake, Stanley E., <br/><br/>
The vigorous core of our nationality :  race and regional identity in northeastern Brazil / 
Stanley E. Blake. 
 - 1 online resource (328 pages) :  maps. 
 - Pitt Latin American series .
 - Pitt Latin American series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : nordeste and nation -- The nineteenth-century origins of the nordestino, 1850-1870 -- Racial science in Pernambuco, 1870-1910 -- The medicalization of nordestinos, 1910-1925 -- Social hygiene : the science of reform, 1925-1940 -- Mental hygiene : the science of character, 1925-1940 -- Inventing the homem do nordeste : race, region, and the state, 1925-1940. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822977704 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regionalism--Brazil, Northeast.<br/>Group identity--Brazil, Northeast.<br/>National characteristics, Brazilian.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil, Northeast--Civilization.<br/>Brazil, Northeast--Race relations.<br/>Brazil, Northeast--Social conditions--19th century.<br/>Brazil, Northeast--Social conditions--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2583  / .B53 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.800981/3