This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the B

This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the B

This book is the first modern survey of the economic and social history of Brazil from early man to today. A fantastic overview for students and scholars intere

The first social history examining all aspects of Brazil's radical transition from a predominantly rural society to an urban one.

In this first overview of the Brazilian republican state based on extensive primary source material, Steven Topik demonstrates that well before the disruption o