This collection of articles by leading scholars traces the history of Brazilian popular music through the 20th century. It focuses on how traditional Brazilian musical styles have ben influenced by international popular music, including jazz, rock, and rap, to form new hybrid styles.

In this systematic investigation of how central executives in western Canadian provinces actually function, Christopher Dunn describes the evolution of cabinet decision making into the institutionalized (or structured) cabinet of the postwar era.

This illustrated collection of essays devoted to the international character and appeal of Brazil's song and dance music includes contributions from scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, cultural studies, literature, anthropology, sociology, and communications and from Caetano Veloso, the intellectual pop star and a towering figure on the Brazilian music scene for decades.

Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic resonance, claims renowned master craftsman and engineer Christopher Dunn. In a brilliant piece of reverse engineering based on twenty years of research, Dunn reveals that the Great Pyramid of Giza was actually a large acoustical device By its size and dimensions, this crystal edifice created a harmonic resonance with the Earth and converted Earth's vibrational energies to microwave radiation....