A Concise History of Brazil

Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
Preface
1 Colonial Brazil (1500-1822)
	1.1 Overseas Expansion and the Portuguese Arrival in Brazil
	1.2 The Indians
	1.3 Colonization
	1.4 Colonial Society
	1.5 Economic Activities
	1.6 The Iberian Union and Its Impact on Brazil
	1.7 Colonization of the Periphery
	1.8 Bandeira Expeditions and Paulista Society
	1.9 The Crisis in the Colonial System
	1.10 Rebel Movements and National Consciousness
	1.11 Brazil at the End of the Colonial Period
2 Imperial Brazil (1822-1889)
	2.1 Consolidating Independence and Building the State
	2.2 The Second Empire
	2.3 Socioeconomic Structure and Slavery
	2.4 Modernization and the Expansion of Coffee
	2.5 The Beginning of Large-Scale Immigration
	2.6 The Paraguayan War
	2.7 Crises of the Second Empire
	2.8 The Republican Movement
	2.9 The Fall of the Monarchy
	2.10 Economy and Demography
3 The First Republic (1889-1930)
	3.1 Years of Consolidation
	3.2 Oligarchies and Colonels
	3.3 Relations Between the States and the Union
	3.4 Socioeconomic Changes
	3.5 Social Movements
	3.6 The Political Process During the 1920s
	3.7 The 1930 Revolution
4 The Vargas State (1930-1945)
	4.1 Government Action
	4.2 The Political Process
	4.3 The Estado Novo
	4.4 The End of the Estado Novo
	4.5 The Socioeconomic Situation
5 The Democratic Experiment (1945-1964)
	5.1 The Elections and the New Constitution
	5.2 The Return of Vargas
	5.3 Vargas’s Fall
	5.4 From Nationalism to Developmentism
6 The Military Government and the Transition to Democracy (1964-1984)
	6.1 Conservative Modernization
	6.2 Political Closure and Armed Struggle
	6.3 The Processes of Political Liberalization
	6.4 The General Framework of the Period from 1950 to 1980
7 Modernization under Democracy (1985-2010)
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Democratization and Uncontrolled Inflation: The José Sarney Government
	7.3 Political Crisis and Economic Change: The Brief Term of Fernando Collor in Office
	7.4 The Itamar Franco Government: From Political Crisis to the Real Plan
	7.5 The FHC Government: Economic Stabilization and Structural Reforms
	7.6 Democracy and Social Rights
	7.7 (In)security and (Un)employment: The Crisis in the Metropolises
	7.8 Foreign Policy: Autonomy through Integration
	7.9 Damned or Blessed Legacy?
	7.10 Alternation in Power: Lula's Victory
	7.11 The Formation of the New Government
	7.12 Lula and Coalitional Presidency
	7.13 Acceleration of Growth
	7.14 Social Policy: More Continuity than Rupture
	7.15 Political Crisis and the Crisis of Politics: The Succession of Scandals
	7.16 A “New Development Model”?
	7.17 The Pre-salt Controversy
	7.18 Growth and the Environment
	7.19 Brazil's Position in the Negotiations on Climate Change
	7.20 The Identity of Foreign Policy
	7.21 Lula's Succession
	7.22 Democracy under Lula
	7.23 Conclusion
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Index