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Passos is a city and municipality in southeastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2005 was 110,000 and the area of the municipality was 1,339.20 km2. The geographical position is Latitude: 20°43'01'' and Longitude: 46°36'39. The elevation is 739 meters.
Considered the capital of the Southeast of Minas Gerais, it lies on the banks of the Grande River and is connected to Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, and the state capital of Belo Horizonte by MG 050.
Industry is the main economic activity of the municipality and is mainly centered in the production of sugar, yeast, milk byproducts and poultry. It has been expanding in other areas like heavy vehicle parts, cement, shoes and clothing.
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John Dos Passos per Daniel Aaron - Chapter 15 of Aaron's Writers on the Left, which discusses Dos Passos's early career.
Modernist Portraits: John Dos Passos - The American Passages: A Literary Survey web site offers a brief biography of Dos Passos, artifacts, teaching tips, discussion questions, and an instructor's guide.
One Man's Initiation: 1917 - First novel based largely on Dos Passos' own wartime experiences in France and Italy and published in London in 1920.
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Ross Lockridge, Jr. on John Dos Passos - A statement of some reasons for using U.S.A. by John Dos Passos as a representative of the modern American novel (1943) by Ross Lockridge, Jr.
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