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Brazil : a biography
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz
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English
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761

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Subjects
Civilization, History, Brazil, history, Brazil, civilization
Places
Brazil

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Table of Contents

Introduction: "Brazil is just nearby"
First came the name, and then the land called Brazil
The sugar civilization: bitter for the many, sweet for a few
Tit for tat: slavery and the naturalization of violence
Gold!
Revolt, conspiracy and sedition in the tropical paradise
Ship ahoy! a court at sea
Dom João and his court in the tropics
The father leaves, the son remains
Independence habemus: instability in the First empire
Regencies, or the sound of silence
The second reign: at last, a nation in the tropics
The end of the monarchy in Brazil
The first republic: the people take to the streets
Samba, malandragem, authoritarianism: the birth of modern Brazil
Yes, we have democracy!
The 1950s and 1960s: bossa- nova, democracy and underdevelopment
On a knife edge: dictatorship, opposition and resistance
On the path to democracy: the transition to civilian power and the ambiguities and legacy of the military dictatorship
Conclusion: history is not arithmetic.

Edition Notes

Translation of: Brasil: uma biografia.

First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penquin Books, 2018,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from Portuguese.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
981
Library of Congress
F2510 .S38713 2018, F2510.S38713 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, 761 pages
Number of pages
761

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26963471M
ISBN 10
0374280495
ISBN 13
9780374280499
LCCN
2018021716
OCLC/WorldCat
1035771186

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