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ministry of external relations foreign minister secretary general ambassador celso amorim ambassador samuel pinheiro guimarães alexandre de gusmÃo foundation president ambassador jeronimo moscardo international relations research institute director ambassador carlos henrique cardim the alexandre de gusmão foundation instituted in 1971 is a public foundation linked to the ministry of external relations and has the purpose of bringing to civil society information about the international scene and about subjects on the brazilian diplomatic agenda ministry of external relations esplanada dos ministérios bloco h anexo ii térreo sala 1 70170-900 brasília df telephones 00 55-61 3411 6033/6034/6847 fax 00-55-61 3411 9125 site www.funag.gov.br[close]
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copyright © fundação alexandre de gusmão cover credit duarte coelho traz os primeiros cavalos juca ovídio de andrade melo 46 x 35 cm international museum of brazilian naïve art acrylic on canvas and card brazil 1990 technical team eliane miranda paiva maria marta cezar lopes cíntia rejane sousa araújo gonçalves translator susan casement moreira graphic design and layout juliana orem e maria loureiro printed in brazil 2009 understanding brazil a reader s guide translator susan casement moreira brasília fundação alexandre de gusmão 2009 68p tradução de livros para conhecer o brasil 2a ed isbn 978-85-7631-151-5 1 brasil história i moreira susan casement trad cdu 9481 publication rights reserved to fundação alexandre de gusmão ministério das relações exteriores esplanada dos ministérios bloco h anexo ii térreo 70170-900 brasília df telephones 61 3411 6033/6034/6847/6028 fax 61 3411 9125 site www.funag.gov.br e-mail funag@mre.gov.br legal deposit in the fundação biblioteca nacional national library according to law n° 10.994 of 14.12.2004.[close]
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contents introduction 13 translator s note 1 history of brazil 1500-1627 15 frei vicente do salvador 2 culture and opulence of brazil 16 andré joão antonil 3 general history of brazil 17 francisco adolfo de varnhagen 4 history of brazil 18 heinrich handelmann 5 the american illusion 19 eduardo prado 6 a statesman of the empire 20 joaquim nabuco 7 rebellion in the backlands 21 euclides da cunha[close]
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8 latin america the evils of origin 22 manoel bonfim 9 nation brazil reality of brazilian sovereignty 23 manoel bonfim 10 chapters in colonial history 24 capistrano de abreu 11 national organization 25 alberto torres 12 meridional populations of brazil 26 oliveira viana 13 the decline of the empire 27 oliveira viana 14 the masters and the slaves 28 gilberto freyre 15 roots of brazil 29 sérgio buarque de holanda 16 economic history of brazil 1500-1820 30 roberto simonsen 17 formation of contemporary brazil colony 31 caio prado jr 18 anthology of brazilian folklore 32 luís da câmara cascudo 19 brazilian culture introduction to the study of culture in brazil 33 fernando de azevedo 20 the baron of rio branco personal biography and political history 34 Álvaro lins[close]
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21 the geography of hunger the brazilian dilemma bread or steel 35 josué de castro 22 formation of brazilian literature decisive moments 36 antônio cândido 23 the partners of rio bonito a study on the peasant in são paulo state and the transformation of his way of life 37 antônio cândido 24 colonels hoes and votes the municipality and the representative regime in brazil 38 victor nunes leal 25 bandeirantes and pioneers a parallel between two cultures 39 vianna moog 26 tristes tropiques 40 claude lévi-strauss 27 the dutch in brazil 1624-1654 41 charles ralph boxer 28 the golden age of brazil growing pains of a colonial society 42 charles ralph boxer 29 the power holders formation of the brazilian political boss class 43 raymundo faoro 30 introduction to brazilian cinema 44 alex viany 31 the economic growth of brazil a survey from colonial to modern times 45 celso furtado 32 amazonia and international greed 46 artur césar ferreira reis[close]
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33 from import substitution to financial capitalism essays on the brazilian economy 47 maria da conceição tavares 34 four centuries of large estates 48 alberto passos guimarães 35 integration of the negro in the society of classes 49 florestan fernandes 36 history of positivism in brazil 50 ivan lins 37 geopolitics of brazil 51 golbery do couto e silva 38 politics in brazil 1930-1964 an experiment in democracy 52 thomas e skidmore 39 the politics of military rule in brazil 1964-1985 53 thomas e skidmore 40 pedagogy of the oppressed 54 paulo freire 41 dependency and development in latin america 55 fernando henrique cardoso and enzo faletto 42 cinema trajectory in underdevelopment 56 paulo emílio sales gomes 43 ideology of brazilian culture 1933-1974 57 carlos guilherme mota 44 political development 58 helio jaguaribe 45 colonial slavery 59 jacob gorender[close]
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46 combat in the darkness the brazilian left from illusions to armed struggle 60 jacob gorender 47 carnivals rogues and heroes an interpretation of the brazilian dilemma 61 roberto damatta 48 fifteen years of economic policy 62 carlos lessa 49 the business of brazil portugal the netherlands and the northeast 1641-1669 63 evaldo cabral de mello 50 the brazilian people the formation and meaning of brazil 64 darcy ribeiro 51 the construction of order the imperial political elite shadow theater imperial politics 65 josé murilo de carvalho 52 the brazilian ex-leviathan from the dispersed vote to concentrated patronage-politics 66 wanderley guilherme dos santos[close]
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introduction capistrano de abreu said that to have an intelligent overview of brazil one first had to read a series of conscientious monographs an intelligent overview therefore however individual it may be is always the result of a collective effort that seeks to understand the country s unity within the diversity of its political social economic and cultural processes through its various analyses and interpretations without any pretensions to define the canon of studies on brazil in this book the alexandre de gusmão foundation recommends some of the most important works on the long list of such studies this translation of the volume understanding brazil a reader s guide originally published in 2006 has now been recast and broadened it provides not only information about the selected works but also biographical notes on their authors since these biographies are also an essential source for those who wish to understand the history and identity of a country translator s note where editions of the books exist in english these are listed by their english title in the contents list within the text the title is followed by an asterisk followed by place and date of publication in english otherwise translation of titles is unofficial and provided only to guide the reader 11[close]
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1 history of brazil 1500-1627 frei vicente do salvador 1564-1639 1st edition 1627 current edition ed itatiaia 1982 vicente rodrigues palha known as father vicente was born in matuim bahia he studied with the jesuits in their são salvador school then in coimbra at which university he gained a doctorate in law and theology on his return to bahia in 1587 he was ordained priest and was canon vicar-general and governor of the bishopric at 35 years of age he became a friar in the order of saint francis changing his name to father vicente do salvador he conducted a mission in paraíba state lived in pernambuco state and directed the foundation of the convent of santo antônio in rio de janeiro he lectured on philosophy in olinda where he was custodian of the order he was also preacher and guardian of the order in bahia in 1618 he traveled to europe returning to brazil in 1621 his history of brazil concluded in december 1627 was unpublished until 1886 the originals of his crônica da custódia do brasil [chronicle of the custody of brazil 1584-1618 were lost the first history of brazil written by a brazilian father vicente do salvador born in bahia dates from the early 17th century but was only published in the late 19th century what led brother vincent s book to wait so long for publication research into and reading of the work show that not only was it because the author was brazilian but because he narrated the history of his country from an entirely brazilian viewpoint including many criticisms of the portuguese metropolis and its administration ilustração sérgio toledo e klaus novais 13[close]
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understanding brazil a reader s guide 2 culture and opulence of brazil andré joão antonil 1649-1716 1st edition 1711 current edition 3rd ed itatiaia/edusp 1982 joão antônio or giovanni antonio andreoni who adopted the name andré joão antonil was an italian jesuit he entered the society of jesus aged eighteen in rome graduated in civil law from the university of perugia and went to brazil in 1681 where he became rector of the college and provincial of salvador despite his friendship with father antonio vieira he held different opinions on the enslavement of indigenous people the jews and the new christians he translated an anti-semitic italian work he was against the favoring of portuguese members of the society of jesus although publication of culture and opulence of brazil was completely licensed the book was confiscated by order of the king its tales of drugs and mines with various curious notes about how to make sugar plant and refine tobacco how to extract gold from mines and discover silver of the vast rewards that this conquest in america was giving to the kingdom of portugal thanks to these products and others as well as royal contracts meant that it was considered harmful to state interests due to its detailed description of brazil s riches the work of andré joão antonil alias joão antonio andreoni was published for the first time in lisbon in 1711 with its circulation banned by the government of el-rei dom joão v it became extremely rare until it was reprinted in 1837 in rio de janeiro it is certainly the most complete known description of economic life in brazil in colonial times which makes it indispensable for historians although it was written and published in the 18th century the conditions it describes can be almost completely applied to the 1600s especially with regard to sugarcane tobacco plantations and livestock alice canabrava and rubens borba de morais 14[close]
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understanding brazil a reader s guide 3 general history of brazil francisco adolfo de varnhagen 1816-1878 1st edition 1854 current edition melhoramentos 1975 son of a german military engineer in the service of the portuguese government in brazil at eight years of age he went to portugal where he started his training in the royal military college in lisbon he fought as a volunteer in the troops of dom pedro i in defense of the constitutional restoration of the kingdom after training as a military engineer and already a member of the academy of sciences of lisbon he returned to brazil in 1840 in 1844 he acquired brazilian nationality and was admitted into the diplomatic career he served in lisbon madrid venezuela nova granada now colombia ecuador chile peru and the netherlands he received the titles of baron and viscount of porto seguro he ended his career as plenipotentiary minister in vienna where he died considered the father of the history of brazil he published about 100 titles among which the história geral do brasil [general history of brazil stands out he is the holder of chair number 39 in the brazilian academy of letters varnhagen stands out particularly for his general history which created a form and a model for the description of the national trajectory after vicente do salvador in the 17th century rocha pita in the 18th and robert southey in the early 19th varnhagen is the first to attempt a systematic work that aims to synthesize varnhagen has a mastery of sources that were until then unknown he was capable of creating a work and a vision of the whole although he lacked a theory that would have enriched him as an interpreter francisco iglésias história geral do brasil [general history of brazil 1854-1857 história das lutas contra os holandeses no brasil desde 1624 a 1654 history of the battles against the dutch in brazil from 1624 to 1654 1871 a questão da capital marítima ou no interior [the question of the capital on the coast or in the interior 1877 história da independência do brasil [history of the independence of brazil 1916 15[close]
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