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A brief history of Brazil / Teresa A. Meade.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2019Edition: Second edition; [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (22 entries) : 52 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787852679
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 981 22
LOC classification:
  • F2521 .M517 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- 1. Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530) -- 2. Portuguese colony (1530-1800) -- 3. Society in early Brazil: slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889) -- 4. From colony to republic (1800-1889) -- 5. Constructing a nation of free laborers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- 6. Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930) -- 7. From Getulio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964) -- 8. From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002) -- 9. Popular culture: music, sports, television, and cinema in today's Brazil -- 10. Brazil in the twenty-first century -- Appendixes: 1. Basic facts about Brazil; 2. Chronology; 3. Bibliographic sources; 4. Suggested readings -- Index.
Abstract: A Brief History of Brazil, Second Edition offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the rich and varied story of Brazil, placing the political, economic, and cultural events of today into broad historical context.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online F2521 .M517 2010 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518507

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- 1. Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530) -- 2. Portuguese colony (1530-1800) -- 3. Society in early Brazil: slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889) -- 4. From colony to republic (1800-1889) -- 5. Constructing a nation of free laborers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- 6. Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930) -- 7. From Getulio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964) -- 8. From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002) -- 9. Popular culture: music, sports, television, and cinema in today's Brazil -- 10. Brazil in the twenty-first century -- Appendixes: 1. Basic facts about Brazil; 2. Chronology; 3. Bibliographic sources; 4. Suggested readings -- Index.

A Brief History of Brazil, Second Edition offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the rich and varied story of Brazil, placing the political, economic, and cultural events of today into broad historical context.

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