Brazil : Empire and Republic, 1822–1930

Brazil: Empire and Republic provides a continuous history of Brazil from independence in 1822 to the Revolution of 1930. A chapter on the separation of Brazil from Portugal (1808–22) forms an introduction to the volume and a link with Colonial Brazil. Bibliographical essays are included for all chapters. The book will be a valuable text for both teachers and students of Latin American history.

The complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America''s unique historical experience from the first contact between Indians and Europeans at the end of the fifteenth century to the present day. Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930 is a selection of five chapters from volumes III and V -- three on the Empire (1822-89) and two on the First Republic (1889-1930) -- brought together to provide a continuous history of Brazil from independence in 1822 to the Revolution of 1930. A chapter on the separation of Brazil from Portugal (1808-22) forms an introduction to the volume and a link with Colonial Brazil, a collection of chapters drawn from volumes and a link with Colonial Brazil, a collection of chapters drawn from volumes I and II of the Cambridge History of Latin America. Bibliographical essays are included for all chapters. The book will be a valuable text for both teachers and students of Latin American history.