Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 500 g
Five Centuries of Change
Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 500 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-006898-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
Revised for its third edition, Brazil: Five Centuries of Change vividly traces the development of Brazil over the last 500 years.
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- List of Exhibits and Images
- Preface
- Introduction Why Read a History of Brazil?
- Chapter 1 The Making of Colonial Brazil, 1500-1694
- The First Occupants of the Land
- Everyday Life, War, and Rituals
- Portuguese Overseas Expansion
- Early Consolidation of the Portuguese Monarchy
- Setting up a Global Trading Network
- The Portuguese Encounter Land to the West
- First European Impressions
- Portuguese Land Claims
- Brazilwood and Indigenous Slavery
- Go-betweens
- Imperial Reorganization
- French Claims
- The Sugar Industry
- Enslaved Africans
- Resistance to Slavery
- Unification of Spain and Portugal
- Dutch Occupation of the Northeast
- Emergence of the Myth of the Bandeirante
- Imperial Control
- Gold
- Chapter 2 A New Colonial Order, 1695-1821
- Manumission of slaves
- Religious Orders
- Conflicts in the Mining Region
- Tensions in the Northeast
- Pombaline Reforms
- Indigenous Resistance
- The Influence of Enlightenment Ideas
- The Mineira Conspiracy
- Tailors' Revolt in Salvador
- The Portuguese Court Comes to Brazil
- Creating a New Portuguese America
- Indigenous Resistance
- Pernambuco Revolution, 1817
- A Portuguese Revolt and its Impact on Brazil
- Chapter 3 Independent Brazil and the Consolidation of a Nation, 1822-1850
- Brazilian Hierarchies
- A Constitution
- The Emperor's Tribulations
- The Regency
- Regional Revolts
- Recentralization
- Pedro II as Emperor
- The Rise of Coffee
- Land Ownership
- Growing Challenges to Slavery
- Chapter 4 Late Imperial Brazil, 1851-1889
- Gradually Ending Slavery
- The Emperor and His Pedestal
- The Paraguayan War
- The Effects of the War
- The Viscount of Mauá
- The Great Drought and the Amazon Rubber Boom
- New Roles for Middle-class Women
- Positivism, Republicanism, and the Military Question
- The Move toward Abolition
- Immigration
- The End of the Empire
- Chapter 5 Republican Brazil, 1889-1929
- Modernizing Brazil"
- Whitening Brazil
- The Reality behind the Façade
- Indigenous Brazil
- Coffee Price Fluctuations and Emerging Industry
- The Roots of Industrialization
- Worker Organization and Employers' Strategy
- Evaporation of the Oligarchical Consensus
- A Message from Below
- Economic Strains
- The Shock of World War I
- The Economy after the War
- Brazil's Uneven Development
- Rebellion in the Army
- The Modern Woman and an Emerging Feminist Movement
- Modernism, Brazilian Style
- Rise of Anti-Liberal Thought
- The Disintegration of the Old Politics
- The Revolution of 1930
- Chapter 6 Getúlio Vargas in Power, 1930-45
- Swing toward Centralization
- Electoral rights
- Ideological Polarization
- Getúlio Vargas as Dictator
- The Vargas Style
- Corporatist Inroads
- A New Search for National Identity
- Juggling the International Options
- World War II and the Rise of U.S. Influence
- Brazil and the War Effort
- Collapse of the Dictatorship at Home
- Chapter 7 Experiments in Democracy, 1946-64
- The 1945 Election and the Dutra Period
- Vargas Returns
- From Oligarch to Populist
- Vargas's Legislative Program Runs into Trouble
- Vargas's Demise
- Suicide
- Population Growth, Regional Disequilibria, and Migration
- A New President, Juscelino Kubitschek, Elected
- Political Strategy
- The Economic Development Program
- A New Capital
- Dealing with the World Economy
- The Brief Presidency of Jânio Quadros
- The Succession of João Goulart
- Populists versus the Military
- Brazilian Culture
- The National Union of Students
- The Economic Crisis Escalates
- Chapter 8 Rule of the Military, 1964-1985
- The Generals in Power
- Growing Repression, Growing Opposition
- Strengthening the Military Regime
- Indigenous Policy under Military Rule
- Growing Opposition
- Crackdown
- The Economic Miracle
- Hyper-Nationalism
- The Arrival of the Guerrillas
- Cultural Resistance
- Mass Media during the Dictatorship
- The Use of Torture
- Exile
- An Economic Turn for the Worse
- The Winners and Losers
- The Road to Redemocratization
- Manipulating the Electoral System and Continued Repression
- New Social Movements
- The Working Class Takes Center Stage
- The Last General
- Chapter 9 The Return to Democracy, 1985-1994
- An Unintended Succession
- Sarney and the New Democracy
- The Cruzado Plan
- The Debt Crisis and the Economy
- Lost Investment and a Brain Drain
- Widening Gaps between Rich and Poor
- Education and Medical Care
- Roads and Communications
- Public Health: A Success Story
- Changes Affecting Women
- Race Relations
- The Political Spectrum in the New Democracy
- The Left
- The Right
- The Center
- The Armed Forces
- Presidential Elections
- New Policies
- The End
- Another Vice President in Command
- Back to Stabilization: The Plano Real
- The Presidential Election of 1994
- Chapter 10 Consolidating Democracy, 1994-2006
- The Cardoso Government's First Term
- More Economic Problems
- A Second Term in Office
- Social Justice Delayed
- On-going Challenges
- The Presidential Race
- Lula's Governmental Team
- The PT in Power
- Exports Take Center Stage
- Poverty Alleviation and Education Enhancement
- The PT Tastes Scandal
- The Last Year of Lula's First Term
- Prisons Riots
- 2006 Elections
- Chapter 11 A Nation Polarized, 2006-present
- Lula Reaches New Heights
- Recognition Abroad
- Continuity at Home
- Presidenta in Power
- The 2013 Protests
- Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato)
- A Fourth PT Term
- A Conservative Tidal Wave
- The Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
- Temer government
- Lula Ensnared
- The 2018 Election
- The Past Returns
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Film, History, Culture, and Society
- Index
