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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... Republican clubs and established dialogues with the young military officers about their mutual disaffection . Radical republicans , who demanded sweeping change , contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy , but when the new republic ...
... republican constitution of February 24 , 1891 , created a dual federalist structure that abruptly termi- nated the Empire's centralized authority . It guaranteed autonomy for the old provinces , which were renamed states , and it left ...
Robert M. Levine. poses permitted state republican machines to govern with a firm hand , allied with rural bosses , or ... republican decades , tended to re- main within their own ethnic communities , their resistance to immediate ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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