In Chapters of Brazil's Colonial History, João Capistrano de Abreu created an integrated history of Brazil that is both a landmark work of scholarship and a literary masterpiece. He offers an analysis of the past, based on the role of the economy, settlement, and the occupation of the interior.
Capistrano de Abreu has created an integrated history of Brazil in a landmark work of scholarship that is also a literary masterpiece. Abreu offers a startlingly modern analysis of the past, based on the role of the economy, settlement, and the occupation of the interior. This Brazilian classic opens Brazil's rich past to the general reader.
