This subcategory contains 34 links

80 Years of Japanese Immigration(484 clicks)
In Portuguese and in English. Short.

Biblioteca Nacional(429 clicks)
Contains documents online.

Brazil By Sergio Koreisha(414 clicks)

Brazil's Statistical and Geographical Office(502 clicks)
In Portuguese

Brazzil(672 clicks)
Since 1989 Brazzil has been a respected national link between Brazil and all those—Brazilian or not—who feel a kinship with the Brazilian way of life, politics, economy, culture, and soul. Going beyond the reporting of facts, Brazzil brings the whys, the hows and thens.

Colonial Brazil(469 clicks)

Documents on 1964 Coup(572 clicks)
from the National Security Archives

Farroupilha Revolution(461 clicks)
"On February 25, 1845, the leaders of the Farroupilha Revolution defeated in the battlefields by the imperial troops headed by Field Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva - Baron of Caxias signed the Peace of Ponche Verde. That was the end of a fight among brothers which bloodbathed the noble "gaucho' soil for around ten years."

Fernando Collor(513 clicks)
He became Brazil's president in 1990 and began liberalizing the economy. At the time, he was 40 years old.

From Machiavelli to Martyr: The Transformation of a Legacy(448 clicks)
An Analysis of Getúlio Vargas’s Suicide Letter

Fundação Getulio Vargas(507 clicks)
"Dedicada ao ensino e à pesquisa nas áreas de Economia, Administração e História, gerando produtos e serviços de alta qualidade, mantendo e formando gerações de especialistas, a FGV tornou-se nestes últimos 50 anos um centro de referência brasileiro no mundo."

Getulio Vargas(475 clicks)
Kay Stacy's short biography of Vargas, the political giant of 20th century Brazil.

Getulio Vargas and the Estado Novo(864 clicks)

History(444 clicks)
Meu Brasil by Sergio Koreisha

History of Brasilia(483 clicks)

History of Brazil (502 clicks)

Images of Brazil(374 clicks)

Indice de Historia do Brasil(459 clicks)
In Portguese. The best single site for Brazilian history.

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva(462 clicks)
Pangyeric biography of José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva.

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Section on Brazil(442 clicks)
This is a bilingual page.

Luso-Brazilian Review(429 clicks)
The LBR appears twice annually. There is one standard issue, with articles about the history, literature, art, social science, and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. The second issue is thematic.

Nineteenth Century Brazil(451 clicks)
Brief essay by Sarwat Shafiq Mahmood denoting major trends.

Pedro I(521 clicks)

Pedro II(446 clicks)
James Russell Miller presents a short biography of the Emperor.

Photographs and other Images Data Base(559 clicks)
Great collection from the University of Miami

Photos Reveal Harsh Detail Of Brazil's History With Slavery(580 clicks)

Republican Brazil, 1889-1985(466 clicks)
From the Library of Congress, this is an excellent history of Brazil.

Scholarly Guide to Brazilian Resources(573 clicks)
From LANIC, University of Texas

Terra: Struggle of the Landless(570 clicks)
Peasants fighting for land. An excellent site

The Treaty of Tordesillas(1234 clicks)

The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures(434 clicks)
explores the history of Brazil, interactions between Brazil and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, and the parallels and contrasts between Brazilian and American culture and history. The project is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the National Library of Brazil.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt (455 clicks)
Audio book

Twenty Exemplary Cases(456 clicks)
"It consists of photographs and text describing of twenty out of more than 500 documented cases of torture in Brazil when the Military ruled the country between 1964 and 1980."

Why Was Brazil Different? The Contexts of Independence(433 clicks)
Written by: Kenneth Maxwell, John Parry Memorial Lecture, April 25, 2000, Harvard University