This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language.

This is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans.

How did São Paulo, once a frontier province of little importance, become one of the most vital agricultural and industrial regions of the world? This volume explores the transformation of São Paulo through an economic lens.

This book is the first modern survey of the economic and social history of Brazil from early man to today.

Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History There is not one thing wrong with this book. Luna and Klein have done impressive research in previously unused sources. They present their findings in clear, unpretentious prose.

This is a general survey of Brazilian society, economy, and political system since 1980.

Comparing and contrasting the history, programs, methods, and goals of Brazil’s Cold War–era authoritarian government with the military regimes of Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay, authors Herbert Klein and Francisco Vidal ...

This book comprehensively examines the development of Brazilian agriculture by focusing on the crops which evolved from national products to international commodities on a massive scale.

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

Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.