Brazil

by Eakin, Marshall C.

• ISBN13: 9780312162009
• ISBN10: 0312162006
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

As the most comprehensive introduction to Brazil available in English, Brazil: The Once and Future Country shows Brazil to be a land of the marvelous and the mystical, the sublime and the tragic. Marshall Eakin describes a country defined by paradoxes: immense wealth surrounded by widespread poverty, a modern industrial infrastructure alongside an outmoded agricultural system, a largely white South and a Northeastern coast that is overwhelmingly of African descent. Eakin chronicles Brazil's development from its origins in the sixteenth century, when it was created as a by-product of European imperial expansion, to the present day. He takes the reader from the hovels of Satilde;o Paolo to the pleasure palaces of Rio de Janeiro and all places in between to show the rich cultural mix that is Brazil. Brazil: The Once and Future Country is a fascinating read that anyone interested in Brazil will want. It is also the perfect book for the traveler, armchair or otherwise, interested in this endlessly fascinating country.

Author Biography

Marshall C. Eakin is an associate professor of History at Vanderbilt University and the author of British Enterprise in Brazil: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Company and the Morro Velho Gold Mine, 1830-1960.

Table of Contents

Map of Brazil	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(4)
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction: The Country of the Future?	1	(6)
1. The Presence of the Past	7	(60)
The Rise of the West	8	(3)
Two Worlds Collide	11	(4)
From Barter to Slavery	15	(3)
Sugar and Slavery	18	(3)
A Golden Age	21	(3)
The Age of Reform and Revolution	24	(2)
The Path to Independence	26	(6)
A Brazilian Empire	32	(5)
Coffee-and-Cream Politics	37	(4)
Getulio Vargas and the New Brazil	41	(5)
The Age of Mass Politics	46	(5)
Descent into Chaos	51	(4)
Military Rule	55	(5)
A "New" Republic	60	(5)
Continuity and Change	65	(2)
2. The Brazilian Archipelago	67	(36)
The Northeast	69	(6)
The Southeast	75	(8)
The South	83	(4)
The North	87	(9)
The Center-West	96	(4)
Brazil, Brazils	100	(3)
3. Lusotropical Civilization	103	(62)
Rich and Poor	104	(10)
A Spectrum of Colors	114	(8)
Varieties of Religious Experience	122	(10)
Family, Gender, and Sexuality	132	(10)
Carnival: The World Turned Upside Down	142	(5)
Music, Television, and Film	147	(9)
Literature and Identity	156	(4)
Soccer: Brazil's Second Great Passion	160	(5)
4. Power and Patronage	165	(46)
Two Political Cultures	166	(4)
The Patrimonial State	170	(4)
Political Parties	174	(7)
Key Actors and Interest Groups	181	(15)
Contemporary Politics	196	(5)
A "New" Republic?	201	(3)
Drifting	204	(4)
Continuity and Change	208	(3)
5. A Flawed Industrial Revolution	211	(48)
The Colonial Heritage	213	(1)
Coffee as the Catalyst	214	(1)
Elites and Industrialization	215	(2)
Early Industrialization	217	(2)
Vargas and Industrialization	219	(2)
Developmental Nationalism	221	(2)
Technocrats and Generals	223	(4)
The "Miracle"	227	(9)
From Miracle to Debacle	236	(5)
The Price of Progress	241	(8)
A Decade of Failed Plans	249	(6)
New Hope for the Future	255	(4)
Conclusion: Once and Future	259	(6)
Appendices	265	(4)
A. A Statistical Profile of Brazil's Regions	265	(1)
B. Population of Brazil	266	(1)
C. Population of Major Brazilian Cities, 1991	267	(1)
D. Income Distribution in Brazil	268	(1)
Notes	269	(6)
Suggested Readings	275	(8)
Bibliography	283	(6)
Index	289