Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-285) and index.
1. Building the "Brazilian Man" -- 2. Educating Brazil -- 3. What Happened to Rio's Teachers of Color? -- 4. Elementary Education -- 5. Escola Nova no Estado Novo: The New School in the New State -- 6. Behaving White: Rio's Secondary Schools -- Epilogue: The Enduring Brazilian Fascination with Race