Abstract:Although Heinrich Eduard Jacob visited Brazil in 1932, having written various articles about this trip in particular, and later three books on Brazilian issues, he is almost unknown in Brazil. The following paper, therefore, focuses on the biography of the journalist and writer and his Brazilian books Hothouse South America (1934), Coffee. The Epic of a Commodity (1935) and Estrangeiro. Einwandererschicksal in Brasilien (1951). Furthermore he is put in context with other Germanspeaking authors who wrote about … Show more
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