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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... took place in the backlands of the state of Bahia , which in 1897 exploded into national consciousness . Latin American society in the nineteenth century had given rise ( as it would in the twentieth ) to an array of religious ...
... took place , and a constitutional conven- tion was held , which produced a new national constitution . It enlarged the electorate , made voting compulsory , and restored many of the func- tions of representative government that had been ...
... took dramatic steps to professionalize education , expand matriculations , and to improve schools , but he had been fired as being too liberal after the ANL was closed in 1935 , in a wave of anti - intellectualism . São Paulo achieved ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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