History of Brazil

HISTORY OF BRAZIL With an estimated 156 million inhabitants, Brazil has the largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth in the world. The majority of Brazilian people live in the south-central area, which includes the industrial cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Urban growth has been rapid: by 1991, 75% of the total population was living in urban areas (Skidmore, 110). Rapid growth has aided economic development but has also created serious social, environmental, …

…problems. The diversity of the country has brought a “mixing bowl” of culture, and Brazil has a bright future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography Abreu, Joao Capistrano de. Chapters of Brazil's Colonial History, 1500-1800. Trans., Arthur Brakel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Alden, Dauril, ed. "Late Colonial Brazil, 1750-1808." Pages 284-343 in Leslie Bethell, ed., Colonial Brazil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Skidmore, Thomas J., Five Centuries of Change. Mecca, Joseph T., Excellent General History of Brazil.