Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interactions: New Challenges and Continuities The Land The Indian The European Discovery and Challenges Patterns for the Future 2. The Colonial Experience Social Amalgamation Territorial Expansion Economic and Political Dependency 3. Nation Building Psychological and Intellectual Formation of Nationhood The Braganzas in Brazil Political Independence Chaos Into Order 4. Modernization and Continuity Coffee as a Motor of Change Material Transformation Progress and Dependency Statesmen and Diplomats 5. Change and Continuity New Social Groups and New Ideas Abolition, Immigration, and Labor The Middle Groups and the Military Incorporating Rural Folk into Capitalism 6. The New Brazil The Old Republic Ascending The Triumph of Diplomacy Exploiting the Amazon The Decline of the Old Republic 7. The Challenge of Change New Themes in History Intellectual and Political Ferment Shifting Patterns of Power Nationalism and Industrialization 8. Reform, Radicalization, and Reaction Democratization Developmental Nationalisms Growing Pains A Political Surprise The Promise or Threat of Reform 9. The Past as Present Military Dictatorship The Masquerade of Democracy Frontiers of Challenge Appendix 1: Chiefs of State of Brazil Appendix 2: A Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History A Glossary of Portuguese Words Used in the Text The Novel as History: A Bibliographic Essay Index

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Complete in breadth and chronological span, A History of Brazil is 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

About the Author

E. Bradford Burns was professor of history at UCLA.

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Deserves a place on the shelf of any student of Latin American history. American Historical Review