Brazil
Brazil
This book is the first modern survey of the economic and social history of Brazil from early man to today. Drawing from a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, it provides a comprehensive overview of the major developments that defined the evolution of Brazil. Beginning with the original human settlements in pre-Colombian society, it moves on to discuss the Portuguese Empire and colonization, specifically the importance of slave labor, sugar, coffee, and gold in shaping Brazil's economic and societal development. Finally, it analyzes the revolutionary changes that have occurred in the past half century, transforming Brazil from a primarily rural and illiterate society to an overwhelmingly urban, literate, and industrial one. Sweeping and influential, Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna's synthesis is the first of its kind on Brazil.
- Uses economic and social history to create a unique perspective of the evolution of Brazil
- Provides a comprehensive survey of the major developments in Brazilian history
- Draws from an impressive range of qualitative and quantitative data
Reviews & endorsements
‘This book is essential reading for any social scientist working on Brazil; an up to date, data-based history emphasizing demography and economy from earliest times to the present that does not avoid discussion of the social and political implications of that nation’s history and its emergence as a global power.’ Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale University
‘This is a rich text that both complements and challenges other histories of Brazil that focus primarily on culture, politics, and qualitative social history.’ Marshall Eakin, Hispanic American Historical Review
Product details
November 2023Paperback
9781009391979
392 pages
228 × 152 × 23 mm
0.56kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The setting – climate and soils of Brazil
- 2. The peopling of Brazil to 1700
- 3. The colonial economy and society
- 4. The nineteenth-century economy
- 5. The nineteenth-century society
- 6: Industrialization and urbanization
- 7. Liberalization and globalization
- Bibliography
- Index.
