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a brief history of brazil
a brief history of brazil second edition offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the rich and varied story of brazil placing the political economic and cultural events of today into broad historical context . the book opens with an overview of precolonial brazil and goes on to examine the history of portuguese exploration through the early years of the slave trade between africa and the americas and the creation of the largest slaveholding society in the modern world . during this era a vibrant african culture left its mark joined by influences from european asian and middle eastern immigrants which led to the creation of modern brazil . after more than three decades of military dictatorship brazil is now a democracy . it is also a self sufficient country thanks to recent discoveries of offshore oil and gas and it stands on the brink of becoming a major world player in the oil industry . p a brief history of brazil second edition examines key historical figures and the
paperback checkmark books 2009 isbn13 9780816077892 isbn10 0816077894
abridged n isbn 13 9780816077892 number in series 1 number of pages 280 publisher facts on file release date 62135769600000 series title brief history