Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930

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 IV - three on the Empire (1822–89) and two on the First Republic (1889–1930) - brought together to provide a continuous history of Brazil from independenc...