Research Catalog

Title

Brazil : a biography / Lilia Moritz Schwarcz and Heloisa Maria Murgel Starling.

Author

Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz

Publication

• [London], UK : Allen Lane, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

Starling, Heloisa Maria Murgel

Description

xxvi, 760 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"Since Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of extraordinary fascination. More than any other part of the 'New World' it displayed both the greatest beauty and grandeur and witnessed scenes of the most terrible European ferocity. Its native people both revolutionized Europe's ideas of itself and were then subject to extermination. For white settlers Brazil's opportunities seemed endless, for imported black slaves it was a hell on earth. 'Brazil: A Biography', written by two of Brazil's leading historians and a bestseller in Brazil itself, is a remarkable attempt to convey the overwhelming diversity and challenges of this huge country from its origins to the 21st century - larger than the contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped. The book's major themes are the near-continuous battles to create both political institutions and social frameworks that would allow stable growth, legal norms and protection for all its citizens. Brazil's failure to achieve these except in the very short term has been tragic, but even in the 21st century it remains one of the world's great experiments - creative, harsh, unique and as compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders."--

Uniform Title

Brasil. English

Alternative Title

Brasil.

Subjects

• Brazil
• History
• Brazil > Civilization
• Brazil > History
• Civilization

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from Portuguese.

Contents

1. First Came the Name, and then the Land Called Brazil -- 2. The Sugar Civilization: Bitter for the Many, Sweet for a Few -- 3. Tit for Tat: Slavery and the Naturalization of Violence -- 4. Gold! -- 5. Revolt, Conspiracy and Sedition in the Tropical Paradise -- 6. Ship Ahoy! A Court at Sea -- 7. Dom Joao and his Court in the Tropics -- 8. The Father Leaves, the Son Remains -- 9. Independence Habemus: Instability in the First Empire -- 10. Regencies, or the Sound of Silence -- 11. The Second Reign: At Last, a Nation in the Tropics -- 12. The End of the Monarchy in Brazil -- 13. The First Republic: The People Take to the Streets -- 14. Samba, Malandragem, Authoritarianism: The Birth of Modern Brazil -- 15. Yes, We Have Democracy! -- 16. The 1950s and 1960s: Bossa Nova, Democracy and Underdevelopment -- 17. On a Knife Edge: Dictatorship, Opposition and Resistance -- 18. On the Path to Democracy: The Transition to Civilian Power and the Ambiguities and Legacy of the Military Dictatorship.

Call Number

JFE 19-1462

ISBN

• 184614793X
• 9781846147937

OCLC

1020863936

Author

Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz, author.

Title

Brazil : a biography / Lilia Moritz Schwarcz and Heloisa Maria Murgel Starling.

Publisher

[London], UK : Allen Lane, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Translated from Portuguese.

Added Author

Translation of: Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz. Brasil.

Starling, Heloisa Maria Murgel, author.

Report No.

(Coutts)037709890

Research Call Number

JFE 19-1462