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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Os pressupostos básicos deste livro são a convicção de que é possível levar ao conhecimento de um público amplo uma história escrita em linguagem acessível, sem perda da qualidade analítica, e que buscar conhecer e interpretar o passado é condição indispensável para o cidadão situar-se no presente e avaliar as possibilidades e limites do futuro. A obra não é um simples resumo da História do Brasil, publicada na Coleção Didática da Edusp, embora mantenha a estrutura básica daquela. Boris Fausto consegue aqui tornar compreensíveis as linhas principais da história brasileira, cumprindo a tarefa de forma sintética e apresentando dados estatísticos atualizados. Esta nova edição atualizada e ampliada conta com o acréscimo de um capítulo final de autoria do sociólogo Sérgio Fausto, abrangendo um balanço dos anos recentes, que vai até o final de 2010, e trazendo perspectivas de futuro. 3378. A Concise History of Brazil, by Boris Fausto (read Dec 11, 2000). This is a 1991 history by a Brazilian poly sci professor, and is a good summary of the history of Brazil--something I had not read much about since my no. 199, Amazon Throne: The Story of the Braganza of Brazil, by Bertita Harding, which I read July 8, 1945, and was amazed to realize I still remembered quite a bit of. If anyone thinks this country is in sorry shape he or she should compare Brazil's shape politically and economically to ours. no reviews | add a review
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The second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America's largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil's history from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World through the long and sometimes rocky transition from independence in 1822 to democracy in the twentieth century. In a completely new chapter, his son Sergio Fausto, a prominent political scientist, brings the history up to the present, focusing on Brazil's increasing global economic importance as well as its continued democratic development and the challenges the country faces to meet the higher expectations of its people. No library descriptions found. |
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