Brazil : five centuries of change /

Skidmore, Thomas E.

Brazil : five centuries of change / Thomas E. Skidmore. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) - Latin American histories . - Latin American histories. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

Birth and growth of colonial Brazil: 1500-1750 -- Crisis of the colonial system and emergence of an independent Brazil: 1750-1830 -- Revolt, consolidation, and war: 1830-70 -- Making Brazil "modern": 1870-1910 -- World War I, the Great Depression, and dictatorship: 1910-45 -- Democracy under Vargas, halcyon days with Kubitschek, and a military coup: 1945-64 -- Rule of the military: 1964-85 -- Redemocratization--new hope, old problems: 1985-

"Indispensable introductory survey of Brazilian history, 1500-1998. Pre-1930 history is treated as background. Second half is an outstanding narrative of politics and economic policy from 1930-present. Accessible to students and general readers. Particularly interesting are the book's final chapters, which seem to be addressed more to the conscience of the Brazilian ruling class than to foreign readers. Includes bibliographical essay, but one much less dense than typically found in Oxford Univ. Press one-volume histories of Latin American nations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas


English.

9780198026136 (electronic bk.) 0198026137 (electronic bk.) 9780195058093 (hardcover) 0195058097 (hardcover) 0199725896 9780199725892 1281975524 9781281975522 9786611975524 6611975527 (hardcover) (pbk.)



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HISTORY.
Geschichte
Colonisation--Brésil.
Geschichte 1500-1999.


Brazil--History.
Brésil--Histoire.
Brazil.
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Brésil--Politique et gouvernement--1822- ...
Brésil--Histoire.


Electronic books.
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