Brazil
The Forging of a Nation, 1798-1852

Roderick J. Barman (Author)

9780804723305

Paperback / softback, published 1 February 1994

348 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.476 kg

"The author's selection of materials from the vast stock of primary sources and his judicious reanalysis of conflicting interpretations are impressive. . . . All this is set forth shrewdly and insightfully. . . . An excellent monograph, well conceived and executed, of great value to the comparative study of the development of the nation-state in Africa and Asia as well as in Latin America." —American Historical Review

A systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852, this book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state.