A Concise History of BrazilA Concise History of Brazil covers almost 500 years of Brazilian history, from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World to the political events that defined the transition in recent years from an authoritarian to a democratic political regime. Brazilian territorial unity and national identity were forged throughout the nineteenth century, after the proclamation of independence in 1822, resulting in a nation with one common language and wide ethnic and racial variety. Remarkable in this respect, the country nevertheless faces problems of social and ethnic disparity as well as of preservation and adequate use of its natural resources. This book emphasizes topics that have deeply influenced the historical formation of Brazil and affected its existence to the present day, such as the destruction of Indian civilizations, slavery and massive immigration throughout the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. |
Contents
Colonial Brazil 15001822 | 1 |
12 THE INDIANS | 7 |
13 COLONIZATION | 9 |
14 COLONIAL SOCIETY | 25 |
15 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES | 34 |
16 THE IBERIAN UNION AND ITS IMPACT ON BRAZIL | 40 |
17 COLONIZATION OF THE PERIPHERY | 44 |
18 BANDEIRA EXPEDITIONS AND PAULISTA SOCIETY | 47 |
33 RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATES AND THE UNION | 160 |
34 SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES | 166 |
35 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 178 |
36 THE POLITICAL PROCESS DURING THE 19208 | 182 |
37 THE 1930 REVOLUTION | 190 |
The Vargas State 19301945 | 198 |
42 THE POLITICAL PROCESS | 203 |
43 THE ESTADO NOVO | 216 |
19 THE CRISIS IN THE COLONIAL SYSTEM | 54 |
110 REBEL MOVEMENTS AND NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS | 59 |
111 BRAZIL AT THE END OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD | 72 |
Imperial Brazil 18221889 | 76 |
22 THE SECOND EMPIRE | 96 |
23 SOCIOECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND SLAVERY | 103 |
24 MODERNIZATION AND THE EXPANSION OF COFFEE | 112 |
25 THE BEGINNING OF LARGESCALE IMMIGRATION | 117 |
26 THE PARAGUAYAN WAR | 120 |
27 CRISES OF THE SECOND EMPIRE | 126 |
28 THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT | 133 |
29 THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY | 141 |
210 ECONOMY AND DEMOGRAPHY | 142 |
The First Republic 18891930 | 148 |
32 OLIGARCHIES AND COLONELS | 158 |
44 THE END OF THE ESTADO NOVO | 229 |
45 THE SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION | 233 |
The Democratic Experiment 19451964 | 237 |
52 THE RETURN OF VARGAS | 243 |
53 VARGASS FALL | 248 |
54 FROM NATIONALISM TO DEVELOPMENTISM | 253 |
The Military Government and the Transition to Democracy 19641984 | 280 |
62 POLITICAL CLOSURE AND ARMED STRUGGLE | 287 |
63 THE PROCESSES OF POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION | 296 |
64 THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PERIOD FROM 1950 TO 1980 | 321 |
EPILOGUE | 333 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 339 |
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