LEADER 02277nam 2200349z 450 001 9910283651503321 005 20231214132914.0 010 $a1-908857-61-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000006096493 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42441 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006096493 100 $a20202102d2018 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBrazil: Essays on History and Politics 210 $cUniversity of London Press$d2018 215 $a1 electronic resource (232 p.) 311 08$a1-908857-54-4 327 $aIntroduction : Why Brazil? An autobiographical fragment, page 1 -- 1. Brazil and Latin America, page 19 -- 2. Britain and Brazil (1808-1914), page 57 -- 3. The Paraguayan War (1864-70), page 93 -- 4. The decline and fall of slavery in Brazil (1850-88), page 113 -- 5. The long road to democracy in Brazil, page 147 -- 6. Populism in Brazil, page 175 -- 7. The failure of the Left in Brazil, page 195. 330 8 $aPublished to mark his 80th birthday, this volume consists of seven essays by Leslie Bethell on major themes in modern Brazilian history and politics: Brazil and Latin America; Britain and Brazil (1808-1914); The Paraguayan War (1864-70); The decline and fall of slavery (1850-1888); The long road to democracy; Populism; The failure of the Left. The essays are new, but they draw on book chapters and journal articles published (mainly in Portuguese) and public lectures delivered in the ten years since his retirement as founding Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies in 2007. In an autobiographical Introduction (Why Brazil?) Professor Bethell describes how, from the most unlikely of backgrounds, he became a historian of Brazil and how he came to devote much of his long academic career to the promotion and development of Brazilian studies in UK (and, to a lesser extent, US) universities. 517 3 $aBrazil 607 $aBrazil$xPolitics and government 607 $aBrazil$xHistory 676 $a981 700 $aLeslie Bethell$4auth$0173141 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910283651503321 996 $aBrazil$92214582 997 $aUNINA