Skidmore, Thomas E. <br/><br/>
Brazil  five centuries of change 
Thomas E. Skidmore. 
 - New York  Oxford University Press  1999. 
 - xiv, 254 p.  25 cm. 
 - Latin American histories .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index. 
<br/><br/>Birth and growth of colonial Brazil: 1500-1750 -- Crisis of the colonial system and emergence of an independent Brazil: 1750-1830 -- Revolt, consolidation, and war: 1830-70 -- Making Brazil "modern": 1870-1910 -- World War I, the Great Depression, and dictatorship: 1910-45 -- Democracy under Vargas, halcyon days with Kubitschek, and a military coup: 1945-64 -- Rule of the military: 1964-85 -- Redemocratization--new hope, old problems: 1985- . 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195058097 (hardcover) 0195058100 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98023122  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB99-24736 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil.--History.<br/>Brazil.--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2521  / .S54 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>981