1st Edition
Foundations, US Foreign Policy and Anti-Racism in Brazil Pushing Racial Democracy
Introduction: Communism, Racism, and the American Dilemma
Elizabeth Cancelli
1. The Cold War, the Social Sciences, and the Race Question: Brazil as a Lab
Elizabeth Cancelli
2. From Chicago to São Paulo: The Shaping of Florestan Fernandes’ Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations
Gustavo Mesquita
3. US-Brazilian Networks in UNESCO’s Anti-Racism Agenda
Gustavo Mesquita
4. US-Latin American Exchange and Florestan Fernandes’ The Negro in Brazilian Society
Wanderson Chaves
5. The Ford Foundation, the Marginality Project, and Beyond: The Emergence of Nixon’s Style of Racial Policy
Wanderson Chaves
Conclusion
Elizabeth Cancelli, Gustavo Mesquita, and Wanderson Chaves
Biography
Elizabeth Cancelli is a History professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and a researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for more than 20 years
Gustavo Mesquita obtained his PhD in History at the University of São Paulo in 2017. Currently, Gustavo works as a post-doctoral fellow at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning and visiting fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Wanderson Chaves obtained his PhD in History at the University of São Paulo in 2012, the Master’s degree in Social Sciences, and the Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, both at the University of Brasília. Currently, Wanderson is a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of History of the University of São Paulo.
