History of Brazil
Objectives
a) Acquire a critical view of Brazilian history and to know the chronology of the period between the arrival of the Portuguese and 1988.
b) Acquire the skills to analyze Brazilian history over the long term in political, religious, social, economic and intellectual terms.
c) To problematize the main themes of Brazilian history from the beginning of colonization to the period of democratic transition at the end of the 20th century.
d) To take a comparative view of the history of Brazil in the context of world history and, in particular, that of South America.
e) Know the different historiographical perspectives on Brazilian history and the periods and themes into which it is divided.
f) Know the main historians and the works they wrote on Brazilian history.
g) Be able to present the results of their learning orally and in writing.
General characterization
Code
01110330
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Pedro António Albuquerque e Castro de Almeida Cardim
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- Alencastro, Luiz Felipe de, O trato dos viventes. Formação do Brasil no Atlântico Sul, séculos XVI e XVII, São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2000.
- Carvalho, José Murilo de, A construção da ordem. A elite política imperial, Editora Campus, 1980.
- Ferreira, Jorge e Delgado, Lucília de Almeida Neves (dir.), O Brasil Republicano. O tempo do liberalismo excludente da Proclamação da República à Revolução de 1930, Civilização Brasileira, 2010.
- Fragoso, João & Gouvêa, Maria de Fátima (orgs.), O Brasil Colonial, Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 3 vols. 2014-2017.
- Grinberg, Keila e Salles, Ricardo, O Brasil Imperial, 3 vols., Civilização Brasileira, 2009.
- Ribeiro, Gladys Sabina (org.), Brasileiros e cidadãos. Modernidade política, 1822-1930, Alameda Casa Editorial, 2008.
- Schwarcz, Lilia e Starling, Heloisa M., Brasil: uma biografia, Temas e Debates, 2015
- Schwartz, Stuart B., Sugar plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society. Bahia, 1550-1835, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Teaching method
The CU's teaching methodologies consist of lectures based on theoretical presentations by the teacher, accompanied by practical discussion classes on certain previously defined topics.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Each student must also complete an individual written assignment, based on the bibliography and sources of the time, to be handed in at the end of the semester. Practical lessons account for 40 per cent of the total number of lessons. Each student will be assessed on the basis of their presentation in practical classes (20%), individual written work (40%) and a compulsory written test (40%).(100%)
Subject matter
1. Indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans.
2. The Portuguese ‘discovery’. Captaincies and general government.
3. The development of colonial society and the status of the Amerindians.
4. The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans.
5. The conquest of Maranhão and Pará.
6. Dutch Brazil (1630-1654).
7. Expansion to the south (1540-1700).
8. Resistance against colonial domination.
9. The exploitation of gold and diamonds.
10. Brazil under the Marquis of Pombal.
11. Africans and Afro-descendants in 18th century Brazil.
12. Conspiracies and revolts.
13. The road to political emancipation.
14. The impact of the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil and the construction of the Independence process (1808-1822).
15. The First Reign (1822-1831).
16. Second Reign (1831-1889).
17. First Republic (1889-1930).
18. Vargas era (1930-1934).
19. Constitutional government (1934-1937).
20. New State (1937-1945).
21. Democratic / Populist Republic (1945-1964).
22. Military Dictatorship (1864-1985).
23. The Democratic Transition (1985-1988).