| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 761 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Translated from Portuguese. |
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Originally published as : Brasil: uma biografia. Brazil : Companhia das Letras, 2015. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "Brazil is just nearby" -- First came the name, and then the land called Brazil -- The sugar civilization : bitter for the many, sweet for a few -- Tit for tat : slavery and the naturalization of violence -- Gold! -- Revolt, conspiracy and sedition in the tropical paradise -- Ship ahoy! a court at sea -- Dom João and his court in the tropics -- The father leaves, the son remains -- Independence habemus : instability in the First empire -- Regencies, or the sound of silence -- The second reign : at last, a nation in the tropics -- The end of the monarchy in Brazil -- The first republic : the people take to the streets -- Samba, malandragem, authoritarianism : the birth of modern Brazil -- Yes, we have democracy! -- The 1950s and 1960s : bossa- nova, democracy and underdevelopment -- On a knife edge : dictatorship, opposition and resistance -- On the path to democracy : the transition to civilian power and the ambiguities and legacy of the military dictatorship -- Conclusion : history is not arithmetic. |
| Note |
Translated from Portuguese. |
| Subject |
Brazil -- Civilization.
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Brazil -- History.
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| Added Author |
Starling, Heloisa Maria Murgel.
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| Added Title |
Brasil. English
|
| ISBN |
9780374280499 (hardcover) |
|
0374280495 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
40028446260 |
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