Skip to main content

Field Guide to Brazil (1960) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

U.S. and European Interests in Brazil
Pages 26-30

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 26...
... The Social Science Research Council has a new program of grants in support of research on Latin American countries for social scientists and humanistic scholars. Three American Universities have special Brazilian programs -- New York University, the University of Wisconsin, and Stanford University.
From page 27...
... The Organization of the American States also is a source of support for those wishing to study in Brazil. United States governmental interests in Brazil center in Rio de Janeiro, where the Embassy is located.
From page 28...
... Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have U.S. Chambers of Commerce which work very much in the same way as the Chambers of Commerce in any U.S.
From page 29...
... The Dutch are also becoming interested in Brazil -- particularly from the point of view of tropical agriculture and cattle raising. The Netherlands School of Economics at Rotterdam and various governmental agencies are stimulating research in Brazil in relation to the period of Dutch occupation of northern Brazil and the more recent colonization activities of Dutch settlers in southern Brazil.
From page 30...
... The fifth meeting has been tentatively scheduled to be held in Angola in 1961 or 1962.


This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More information on Chapter Skim is available.