A History of Brazil

by Burns, E. Bradford

• ISBN13: 9780231079556
• ISBN10: 0231079559
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

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 Brazilis 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Interactions: New Challenges and Continuities	9	(28)
The Land	10	(5)
The Indian	15	(4)
The European	19	(4)
Discovery and Challenges	23	(4)
Patterns for the Future	27	(10)
The Colonial Experience	37	(62)
Social Amalgamation	37	(11)
Territorial Expansion	48	(13)
Economic and Political Dependency	61	(38)
Nation Building	99	(50)
Psychological and Intellectual Formation of Nationhood	99	(12)
The Braganzas in Brazil	111	(5)
Political Independence	116	(18)
Chaos Into Order	134	(15)
Modernization and Continuity	149	(48)
Coffee as a Motor of Change	149	(8)
Material Transformation	157	(8)
Progress and Dependency	165	(6)
Statesmen and Diplomats	171	(26)
Change and Continuity	197	(62)
New Social Groups and New Ideas	198	(12)
Abolition, Immigration, and Labor	210	(16)
The Middle Groups and the Military	226	(22)
Incorporating Rural Folk into Capitalism	248	(11)
The New Brazil	259	(54)
The Old Republic Ascending	260	(16)
The Triumph of Diplomacy	276	(9)
Exploiting the Amazon	285	(9)
The Decline of the Old Republic	294	(19)
The Challenge of Change	313	(68)
New Themes in History	314	(12)
Intellectual and Political Ferment	326	(20)
Shifting Patterns of Power	346	(22)
Nationalism and Industrialization	368	(13)
Reform, Radicalization, and Reaction	381	(64)
Democratization	382	(16)
Developmental Nationalism	398	(11)
Growing Pains	409	(14)
A Political Surprise	423	(9)
The Promise or Threat of Reform	432	(13)
The Past as Present	445	(48)
Military Dictatorship	446	(29)
The Masquerade of Democracy	475	(10)
Frontiers of Challenge	485	(8)
Appendix 1 Chiefs of State of Brazil	493	(2)
Appendix 2 A Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History	495	(6)
A Glossary of Portuguese Words Used in the Text	501	(4)
The Novel as History: A Bibliographic Essay	505	(10)
Index	515