Publication

1999 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing326627

Classifications

  • DDC981
  • LCCF2521 .S54 1999

Description

"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 final chapters, which seem to be addressed more to the conscience of the Brazilian ruling class than to foreign readers. Includes bibliographical essay, but one much less dense than typically found in Oxford Univ. Press one-volume histories of Latin American nations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

First Sentence

Only four countries in the world-Canada, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and the United States (if Alaska is included)-are larger than Brazil.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryHistoireHistóriaGeschichteColonisationGuerra MundialBrazil, history

Times

1822-....

Series Statement

  • Latin American histories

Other Editions

  • Brazil: five centuries of changeOxford University Press1999-01-01

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