Brazil

📖 The Scoop

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1 THE SEVERAL BRAZILS -- The Heartland -- The South -- The Center-West -- The North -- The Northeast -- 2 FROM DISCOVERY THROUGH OLIGARCHICAL REPUBLIC: BRAZIL TO 1930 -- From Colony to Kingdom -- Consolidation and Nation Building -- Establishment of the Republic -- Transition to Civilian Rule -- Politics Without Parties, 1906-1922 -- Tenentismo and the Road Toward Revolution -- 3 FROM REVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION: BRAZIL 1930-1964 -- The 1930 Revolution and Vargas's Rise -- The Vargas Regime -- The Democratic Interregnum and Vargas Again -- The Quest for Development and Democracy: 1955-1960 -- Crises, Compromise, and Radicalization: 1961-1962 -- Dissensus, Decay, and Disaster: 1963-1964 -- 4 FROM MILITARY RULE THROUGH DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION: BRAZIL 1964-1989 -- Castelo Branco and the Arbiter-Ruler Dilemma -- Dominance by the Duros -- The Road Back Under Geisel -- Figueiredo: Political Opening and Economic Difficulties, 1979-1984 -- The Sarney Government: Transition Under a Caretaker -- Consolidating the Transition -- 5 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN THE 1990S -- The First Year: Shakedown Cruise to the Doldrums -- The Second Year: Stemming the Slide and Regaining Momentum -- The Third Year: Disaster for Collor, Opportunity for Franco -- 1993: Muddling Through -- Overhauling the Constitution and Choosing a President -- Composition and Orientation of the Cardoso Administration -- Political Organizations and Machinery of Government -- Soldiers, Property Owners, and Workers -- 6 THE ECONOMY AND FINANCES -- Brazilian Growth: Demographic and Economic -- Industrialization, Modernization of Agriculture, and Natural Resources -- Infrastructure: Energy, Transportation, Communications, and Financial Institutions

Genre: History / Latin America / General (fancy, right?)