The History of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. nov 1999 - 208 pages Brazil is a vast, complex country with great potential but an uneven history. This engaging study will introduce readers to the history of Brazil from its origins to today. It emphasizes current issues and problems, including the country's return to democracy after more than two decades of harsh military rule and the economic consequences of adopting free-market policies as part of the creation of the global marketplace. Levine, a noted Brazilianist, explains the legacy of slavery on race relations, the stubborn persistence of barriers to upward mobility, and the characteristics of Brazil's exuberant culture. The author draws not only from a broad array of traditional sources but from oral histories and postings on the Internet. |
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... colonial regulations . Sá led a number of expeditions that drove back indigenous tribes , who were further decimated by European disease . Epidemics killed as many as one half of Brazil's native population in 1562-1563 . Even a French ...
... colony fueled economic recovery in Portugal and encouraged reform of the colonial administration . The union of the Iberian crowns had the effect of forming a new mili- tary alliance between Madrid and Lisbon but also exposing Portugal ...
... colonial labor system , based on exploitation of village - centered Indian labor , evolved over time into the system of debt peonage , which still survives . In the closing decades of the sixteenth century and into the seven- teenth ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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