A brief history of Brazil /
Meade, Teresa A., 1948-
A brief history of Brazil / Teresa A. Meade. - 2nd ed. - New York : Facts On File, c2010. - xxiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530) -- The Portuguese colony (1530-1800) -- Society in early Brazil: slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889) -- From colony to republic (1800-1889) -- Constructing a nation of free laborers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930) -- From Getúlio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964) -- From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002) -- Popular culture: music, sports, television, and cinema in today's Brazil -- Brazil in the twenty-first century.
9780816077885 (acidfree paper) 0816077886 (acidfree paper)
2009033853
Brazil--History.
F2521 / .M517 2010
981
A brief history of Brazil / Teresa A. Meade. - 2nd ed. - New York : Facts On File, c2010. - xxiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530) -- The Portuguese colony (1530-1800) -- Society in early Brazil: slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889) -- From colony to republic (1800-1889) -- Constructing a nation of free laborers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930) -- From Getúlio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964) -- From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002) -- Popular culture: music, sports, television, and cinema in today's Brazil -- Brazil in the twenty-first century.
9780816077885 (acidfree paper) 0816077886 (acidfree paper)
2009033853
Brazil--History.
F2521 / .M517 2010
981