This subcategory contains 34 links

80 Years of Japanese Immigration(515 clicks)
In Portuguese and in English. Short.

Biblioteca Nacional(460 clicks)
Contains documents online.

Brazil By Sergio Koreisha(444 clicks)

Brazil's Statistical and Geographical Office(534 clicks)
In Portuguese

Brazzil(702 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(499 clicks)

Documents on 1964 Coup(602 clicks)
from the National Security Archives

Farroupilha Revolution(491 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(543 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(478 clicks)
An Analysis of Getúlio Vargas’s Suicide Letter

Fundação Getulio Vargas(537 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(505 clicks)
Kay Stacy's short biography of Vargas, the political giant of 20th century Brazil.

Getulio Vargas and the Estado Novo(896 clicks)

History(475 clicks)
Meu Brasil by Sergio Koreisha

History of Brasilia(513 clicks)

History of Brazil (532 clicks)

Images of Brazil(404 clicks)

Indice de Historia do Brasil(489 clicks)
In Portguese. The best single site for Brazilian history.

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva(493 clicks)
Pangyeric biography of José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva.

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Section on Brazil(473 clicks)
This is a bilingual page.

Luso-Brazilian Review(459 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(482 clicks)
Brief essay by Sarwat Shafiq Mahmood denoting major trends.

Pedro I(551 clicks)

Pedro II(477 clicks)
James Russell Miller presents a short biography of the Emperor.

Photographs and other Images Data Base(589 clicks)
Great collection from the University of Miami

Photos Reveal Harsh Detail Of Brazil's History With Slavery(611 clicks)

Republican Brazil, 1889-1985(497 clicks)
From the Library of Congress, this is an excellent history of Brazil.

Scholarly Guide to Brazilian Resources(604 clicks)
From LANIC, University of Texas

Terra: Struggle of the Landless(601 clicks)
Peasants fighting for land. An excellent site

The Treaty of Tordesillas(1265 clicks)

The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures(464 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 (487 clicks)
Audio book

Twenty Exemplary Cases(487 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(463 clicks)
Written by: Kenneth Maxwell, John Parry Memorial Lecture, April 25, 2000, Harvard University