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Genre/Form: | History History (form) Textbooks (form) |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Levine, Robert M. History of Brazil. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607449597 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert M Levine |
ISBN: | 0313303908 9780313303906 |
OCLC Number: | 40857131 |
Description: | xviii, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | An earthly paradise -- Early Brazil (1500-1822) -- Independence and empire (1822-1889) -- The republic (1889-1930) -- The Vargas era (1930-1954) -- Dictatorship and democracy (1954-1998) -- Political culture -- Social and economic realities -- Notable people in the history of Brazil. |
Series Title: | Greenwood histories of the modern nations. |
Responsibility: | Robert M. Levine. |
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Abstract:
An introduction to the history of Brazil from its origins to the 1990s. The history unfolds in narrative chronological chapters from the Portuguese conquest to the democratically elected government under Cardoso. It also contains biographical sketches of 40 prominent Brazilians.
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