Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-166) and index. Includes new preface.
Contents:
Preface to paperback edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : the new Brazil -- 2. The historical background : colony, empire, republic -- 3. The making of modern Brazil, 1930-64 -- 4. The 1964 revolution : from bureaucratic authoritarianism to abertura -- 5. The incomplete transition, 1985-94 -- 6. The Cardoso era, 1995-2002 -- 7. Lula's Brazil -- 8. Brazil's emergence on the global stage.
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