A Brief History of Brazil - Softcover

Meade, Teresa A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816057184 ISBN 13: 9780816057184

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2004

Synopsis

This work offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the rich and varied history of Brazil, placing the political, economic and cultural events of today into broad historical context. The book opens with an overview of pre-colonial Brazil and goes on to examine the history of Portuguese exploration and the slave trade between Africa and the Americas. It looks at the influences of immigrants in creating modern Brazil and the more than three decades of military dictatorship that preceded the development of the vibrant democracy that characterizes the country today. Also examined are the hallmarks of Brazilian popular culture: soccer, carnival, music and television dramas.

About this title

About the Author:

Teresa A. Meade is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Women's Studies at Union College, New York. She is the author of ""Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City" (1997), "A Brief History of Brazil" (2003), and is working on a project on marriage on the Alta California frontier, 1769-1860.

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her recent books include "Gender in History ("Blackwell, 2001), "Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe" (1993), Discovering "the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence" (1997), and "Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World" (1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0816057184
• ISBN 13: 9780816057184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304