A brief history of Brazil
By: Teresa A. Meade.
Publisher: Checkmark Books; Infobase Holdings, Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Brazil -- History.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Facts on File, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530); title: Portuguese colony (1530-1800); title: Society in early Brazil : slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889); title: From colony to republic (1800-1889); title: Constructing a nation of free laborers in the 19th and early 20th centuries; title: Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930); title: From Getulio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964); title: From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002); title: Popular dulture : music, sports, and television in today's Brazil; title: Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century.