02110nam 2200529Ia 450 991080935530332120230422045842.01-281-97552-497866119755240-19-972589-6(CKB)1000000000747343(SSID)ssj0000114442(PQKBManifestationID)11129084(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114442(PQKBWorkID)10125521(PQKB)11236174(MiAaPQ)EBC431273(Au-PeEL)EBL431273(CaPaEBR)ebr10329705(OCoLC)434846387(EXLCZ)99100000000074734319980429d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBrazil five centuries of change /Thomas E. SkidmoreNew York Oxford University Press1999xiv, 254 p. ill., mapsLatin American historiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-505810-0 0-19-505809-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index."Indispensable introductory survey of Brazilian history, 1500-1998. Pre-1930 history is treated as background. Second half is an outstanding narrative of politics and economic policy from 1930-present. Accessible to students and general readers. Particularly interesting are the book's final chapters, which seem to be addressed more to the conscience of the Brazilian ruling class than to foreign readers. Includes bibliographical essay, but one much less dense than typically found in Oxford Univ. Press one-volume histories of Latin American nations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Latin American histories.BrazilHistory981Skidmore Thomas E675911MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809355303321Brazil4109255UNINA