Brazil : five centuries of change / Thomas E. Skidmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skidmore, Thomas E.

Series:

Latin American histories.

Latin American histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--History.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 p. : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Indispensable introductory survey of Brazilian history, 1500-1998. Pre-1930 history is treated as background. Second half is an outstanding narrative of politics and economic policy from 1930-present. Accessible to students and general readers. Particularly interesting are the book's final chapters, which seem to be addressed more to the conscience of the Brazilian ruling class than to foreign readers. Includes bibliographical essay, but one much less dense than typically found in Oxford Univ. Press one-volume histories of Latin American nations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-97552-4

9786611975524

0-19-972589-6

OCLC:

434846387