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Welcome to the companion website to the 2021 third edition of James N. Green and Thomas E. Skidmore’s textbook Brazil: Five Centuries of Change, published by Oxford University Press.

The goal of the web companion to Brazil: Five Centuries of Change is to provide both students of the textbook and those generally interested in Brazilian history with resources and images related to Brazil. The textbook provides a detailed and thorough history of the country; the website brings it to life.

New to the 3rd Edition:

  • More information about Indigenous people of Brazil during the colonial period, the Empire and the Republic
  • An emphasis on the roles of women in the history of Brazil
  • Recent scholarship on race, slavery and lives of Afro-descendants
  • More information on new social movements, including feminist, Black and LGBTQI+ movements during the democratisation process in the 1970s and 80s.

What the website offers:

  • A comprehensive timeline of Brazilian political, social, economic, and cultural history.
  • Images, discussion questions, essays, and charts organized according to topic within each chapter.
  • Theme pages with information on recurring threads within Brazilian history.
  • A glossary of terms found in the textbook
  • Brazilian films with direct links to trailers/full-length movies organized by chapter.
  • A list of recommended historic literature and additional bibliographic sources organized by chapter and theme.

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