A brief history of Brazil - Meade, Teresa A., 1948- (New York : Facts On File, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Brazil -- History