Brazil : a biography
By: Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling
Contributors: Starling, Heloisa Maria Murgel, author
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 761
ISBN-13: 9780374280499
Subjects: Civilization; History
Work titles: Brasil
Notes: Translation of: Brasil: uma biografia.

First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penquin Books, 2018,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from Portuguese.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Brazil is just nearby"; title: First came the name, and then the land called Brazil; title: The sugar civilization: bitter for the many, sweet for a few; title: Tit for tat: slavery and the naturalization of violence; title: Gold!; title: Revolt, conspiracy and sedition in the tropical paradise; title: Ship ahoy! a court at sea; title: Dom João and his court in the tropics; title: The father leaves, the son remains; title: Independence habemus: instability in the First empire; title: Regencies, or the sound of silence; title: The second reign: at last, a nation in the tropics; title: The end of the monarchy in Brazil; title: The first republic: the people take to the streets; title: Samba, malandragem, authoritarianism: the birth of modern Brazil; title: Yes, we have democracy!; title: The 1950s and 1960s: bossa- nova, democracy and underdevelopment; title: On a knife edge: dictatorship, opposition and resistance; title: On the path to democracy: the transition to civilian power and the ambiguities and legacy of the military dictatorship; title: Conclusion: history is not arithmetic.