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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Maps
Introduction: ‘Brazil is Just Nearby’
1: First Came the Name, and then the Land Called Brazil
2: The Sugar Civilization: Bitter for the Many, Sweet for a Few
3: Tit for Tat: Slavery and the Naturalization of Violence
4: Gold!
5: Revolt, Conspiracy and Sedition in the Tropical Paradise
6: Ship Ahoy! A Court at Sea
7: Dom João and his Court in the Tropics
8: The Father Leaves, the Son Remains
9: Independence Habemus: Instability in the First Empire
10: Regencies, or the Sound of Silence
11: The Second Reign: At Last, a Nation in the Tropics
12: The End of the Monarchy in Brazil
13: The First Republic: The People Take to the Streets
14: Samba, Malandragem, Authoritarianism: The Birth of Modern Brazil
15: Yes, We Have Democracy!
16: The 1950s and 1960s: Bossa Nova, Democracy and Underdevelopment
17: On a Knife Edge: Dictatorship, Opposition and Resistance
18: On the Path to Democracy: The Transition to Civilian Power and the Ambiguities and Legacy of the Military Dictatorship
Conclusion: History is not Arithmetic
Afterword to the English Edition
Illustrations
Notes
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Copyright Page
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