The Brazil Reader

"Now in its second edition, The Brazil Reader is much more than just an update; it is essentially a different volume. . . . This edition features a Brazilian historiographical influence that prioritizes documents written by Brazilian historical figures over those by foreign observers. This edition also has added attention to earlier historical periods that are imperative to understanding modern Brazil. More focus is given to recent views on race, gender, and culture. A suggestion to librarians: do not deselect the first edition. The differences between the two volumes merit keeping both. Essential. All levels." -- M. L. Grover * Choice * The editors language and writing style is accessible to most readers and each section and chapter is expertly explained and outlined. . . . It should become a must-read volume for undergraduate and graduate students of Brazil, as well as the general public who are also interested in Brazil. -- Alan P. Marcus * Journal of Latin American Geography * The Brazil Reader . . . weaves the histories of blackness, indigeneity, and mestiagem into the national narrative, and this alone makes the book a welcome contribution. -- Theodore W. Cohen * Latin American Research Review *

James N. Green is Carlos Manuel de Cspedes Professor of Latin American History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Brown University. Victoria Langland is Associate Professor of History and Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. Lilia Moritz Schwarcz is Professor of Anthropology at the University of So Paulo, Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and Curator at the Art Museum of So Paulo (MASP).

Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 I. Conquest and Colonial Rule, 1500-1579 1 II. Sugar and Slavery in the Atlantic World, 1580-1694 49 III. Gold and the New Colonial Order, 1695-1807 91 IV. The Portuguese Royal Family in Rio de Janeiro, 1801-1821 131 V. From Independence to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1822-1850 163 VI. Coffee, the Empire, and Abolition, 1851-1888 205 VII. Republican Brazil and the Onset of Modernization, 1889-1929 261 VIII. Getlio Vargas, the Estado Novo, and World War II, 1930-1945 321 IX. Democratic Governance and Developmentalism, 1946-1964 363 X. The Generals in Power and the Fight for Democracy, 1964-1985 427 XI. Redemocratization and the New Global Economy, 1895-Present 497 Suggestions for Further Reading 547 Brazil in the Movies 557 Acknowledgments of Copyrights and Sources 567 Index 577