History of Brazil

Name: History of Brazil
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ISBN: 9780231079556

ISBN-10: 0231079559

ISBN-13: 9780231079556

Edition: 3rd

Authors: E. Bradford Burns

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Here is a new edition of the book generally acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Brazil. It has been thoroughly revised and updated to include expanded treatment of intellectual, social, and popular history, and to provide increased coverage of labor, blacks, women, and the military in Brazilian history. Complete in breadth and chronological span, A History of Brazil is a panoramic interpretation of the Brazilian past from discovery to the present that treats the economic, social, cultural, and political evolution of Latin America's largest nation.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/11/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Interactions: New Challenges and Continuities


The Land


The Indian


The European


Discovery and Challenges


Patterns for the Future



The Colonial Experience


Social Amalgamation


Territorial Expansion


Economic and Political Dependency



Nation Building


Psychological and Intellectual Formation of Nationhood


The Braganzas in Brazil


Political Independence


Chaos Into Order



Modernization and Continuity


Coffee as a Motor of Change


Material Transformation


Progress and Dependency


Statesmen and Diplomats



Change and Continuity


New Social Groups and New Ideas


Abolition, Immigration, and Labor


The Middle Groups and the Military


Incorporating Rural Folk into Capitalism



The New Brazil


The Old Republic Ascending


The Triumph of Diplomacy


Exploiting the Amazon


The Decline of the Old Republic



The Challenge of Change


New Themes in History


Intellectual and Political Ferment


Shifting Patterns of Power


Nationalism and Industrialization



Reform, Radicalization, and Reaction


Democratization


Developmental Nationalism


Growing Pains


A Political Surprise


The Promise or Threat of Reform



The Past as Present


Military Dictatorship


The Masquerade of Democracy


Frontiers of Challenge


Appendix 1: Chiefs of State of Brazil


Appendix 2: A Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History


A Glossary of Portuguese Words Used in the Text


The Novel as History: A Bibliographic Essay


Index