Brazil : a biography / Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling.
Record details
- ISBN: 0374280495
- ISBN: 9780374280499
- ISBN: 9780374280499 : HRD
- ISBN: 0374280495 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780374280499 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0374280495
- Physical Description: xxvi, 761 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: Brasil: uma Biografia : Companhia das Letras, Brazil, 2015. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. 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. |
Language Note: | Translated from Portuguese. |
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Subject: | Brazil > Civilization. Brazil > History. |
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