The Brazilians

Introducing Brazil

Part one. Who are the Brazilians?

The Portuguese

The Africans

The Indians

The immigrants

Part two. The pyramid of power in Brazil

The haves

Controlling Brazilian minds : a case study of the Globe network

The have-nots

Lula and the workers' party : who speaks for the voiceless?

Part three. The curse of violence in Brazil

The culture of brutality

Suffer the little children

Abusing nature's bounty

The Amazon Basin : a case study of violence

Part four. Spiritual Brazil

Roman Catholicism

The Orixás

Evangelicals on the move

Part five. In search of what makes Brazilians Brazilian

Soccer madness

The lesser gods

The telenovela : a national obsession

In the Land of Carnival

Whither Brazil.