International Journal review
Extract from the author's foreword:
Brazil: The Land and People reviews the evolution of the society and economy of Portuguese America since 1500. Approximately one half of the volume is devoted to the colonial period, with emphasis on trends of continuing importance and on developments that helped to shape the Brazilian mentality. The discussion of the national period focuses on the decades since about 1870. The first chapter describes the physical and cultural regions of the half-continent. Subsequent chapters deal with patterns of exploration and settlement, the successive cycles of the plantation and mining economies, the Africans and Europeans who peopled the land, the introduction and development of manufacturing industries, and the impact of the industrial economy on the number, distribution, and aspirations of the Brazilian people. A political chronology and statistical tables are provided for reference. The annotated bibliography is designed as a guide to further study.
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