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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... century , under an independent monarchy , would become a nationally based economy . The cycle of sugar profitability gave way to the gold boom of the eighteenth century ; when gold reserves dwindled , Brazil's economic for- tunes turned ...
... century English writer Daniel Defoe cast his main character as an English owner of a Brazilian plantation ship- wrecked en route to Africa to bring back slaves . Slave vessels transported men and women under conditions so ap- palling ...
... century economic liberals , not political liberals or , in the twentieth - century sense , progressives . The roots of the monarchy's decline stretched back to the regionalist insurrections of the early nineteenth century and to the ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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