Brazil : five centuries of change / Thomas E. Skidmore, Professor Emeritus, Brown University, James N. Green, Brown University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skidmore, Thomas E., author.

Green, James Naylor, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--History.

Brazil.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Revised and updated for a third edition, Brazil: Five Centuries of Change vividly traces the development of Brazil over the last 500 years"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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

Consolidating Imperial and Religious Rule

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

2. A New Colonial Order, 1695-1821

Manumission of Slaves

Religious Orders

Conflicts in the Mining Region

Tensions in the Northeast

Pombaline Reforms

The Directorate of Indians

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

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

4. Late Imperial Brazil, 1851-1888

Gradually Ending Slavery

The Emperor and His Pedestal

The Paraguayan War

The Effects of the War

The Viscount of Maua

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

5. Republican Brazil, 1889-1930

"Modernizing" Brazil

"Whitening" Brazil

The Reality behind the Facade

Indigenous Brazil

Coffee Price Fluctuations and Emerging Industry

The Roots of Industrialization

Workers' Organizations and Employers' Strategies

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

6. The Vargas Era, 1930-1945

Swing toward Centralization

Electoral Rights

Ideological Polarization

Getulio 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

7. Experiments In Democracy, 1946-1964

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 Janio Quadros

The Succession of Joao Goulart

Populists versus the Military

Brazilian Culture

The National Union of Students

The Economic Crisis Escalates

8. Rule Of The Military, 1964-1985

The Generals in Power

Growing Repression, Growing Challenges

Strengthening the Military Regime

Indigenous Policy under Military Rule

Mounting 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 Redemocratizatiorc

Manipulating the Electoral System and Continued Repression

New Social Movements

The Working Class Takes Center Stage

The Last General

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 Piano Real

The Presidential Election of 1994

10. Consolidating Democracy, 1995-2006

The Cardoso Government's First Term

More Economic Problems

A Second Term in Office

Social Justice Delayed

Ongoing Challenges

The Presidential Race

Lula's Governmental Team

The PT in Power

Exports As a Priority

Poverty Alleviation and Education Enhancement

The PT Tastes Scandal

The Last Year of Lula's First Term

Prison Riots

2006 Elections

11. Brazil Polarized, 2007 To The 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Skidmore, Thomas E., Brazil

ISBN:

9780190068981

0190068981

OCLC:

1201692966

Publisher Number:

99988798115