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Brazil: A Biography

Since Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of extraordinary fascination. More than any other part of the `New World` it displayed both the greatest beauty and grandeur and witnessed scenes of the most terrible European ferocity. Its native people both revolutionized Europe`s ideas of itself and were then subject to extermination. For white settlers Brazil`s opportunities seemed endless, for imported black slaves it was a hell on earth. `Brazil: A Biography`, written by two of Brazil`s leading historians and a bestseller in Brazil itself, is a remarkable attempt to convey the overwhelming diversity and challenges of this huge country – larger than the contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped – from its origins to the twenty-first century. The book`s major themes are the near-continuous battles to create both political institutions and social frameworks that would allow stable growth, legal norms and protection for all its citizens. Brazil`s failure to achieve these except in the very short term has been tragic, but even in the 21st century it remains one of the world`s great experiments – creative, harsh, unique and as compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders.

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