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From Colony to Democracy: Considering Brazil's Development
From Colony to Democracy: Considering Brazil's Development explores the choices faced by Brazilians as the country transitioned to democracy in the mid-1980s and introduces students to some of the historical forces that informed debates at this critical point in Brazil's history.
Online Resources from the Choices Program
Supplemental Online Activity - Looking at Brazil
This activity is an optional lesson plan from the published unit, From Colony to Democracy: Considering Brazil's Development.
Web Links
Resources on themes and specific Latin American countries. See especially Jan Rocha’s Brazil in Focus.
Latin American Network Information Center
Huge collection of links on many aspects of Latin America at University of Texas.
Exhaustive online book from Library of Congress.
Books
Bellos, Alex. Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life (London: Bloomsbury, 2002). 407 pages.Mattoso de Queriós, Kátia. To be a Slave in Brazil 1550-1888. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1986). 250 pages.
Skidmore, Thomas E. Black into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993). 305 pages.
Skidmore, Thomas E. Brazil: Five Centuries of Change. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989). 254 pages.
St. Clair, David (trans.). Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (New York: Dutton, 1962). 190 pages.
NOTE: This is a selected list of resources focused on the topic of the curriculum unit, From Colony to Democracy: Considering Brazil's Development. Additional resources will be added to this site as they become available.