01263nam a2200277Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071015001500086020002700101020002200128040002300150043001200173050002100185082001200206100003100218245005800249260004500307300002400352490003600376504006400412505045100476651002900927651002900956253062OCoLC20160527190318.0980429s1999    nyua     b      1   eng    a 98023122   aGB99-24736  a0195058097 (hardcover)  a0195058100 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdUKMdCPA  as-bl---00aF2521b.S54 199900a9812211 aSkidmore, Thomas E.2Local10aBrazilbfive centuries of changecThomas E. Skidmore.  aNew YorkbOxford University Pressc1999.  axiv, 254 p.c25 cm. 0aLatin American histories2Local  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.0 aBirth 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- . 0aBrazil.xHistory.2Local 4aBrazil.xHistory.2Local