Brazil : five centuries of change /

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"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 fina...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skidmore, Thomas E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:Latin American histories.
Subjects:
HISTORY.
Geschichte
Colonisation > Brésil.
Geschichte 1500-1999.
Brazil > History.
Brésil > Histoire.
Brazil
Brasilien
Brésil > Politique et gouvernement > 1822- ...
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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-

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