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    The document introduces four classic books that provide context on Brazil's political, cultural and economic history: Roots of Brazil by Sergio Buarque de Hollanda which discusses differences between Portuguese and Spanish colonization in America; The Economic Formation of Brazil by Caio Prado Junior which analyzes geography and the development of ports and cattle culture; The formation of Contemporaneous Brazil by Celso Furtado which focuses on Brazil's early 20th century coffee economy; and Brazilian People by Darcy Ribeiro which offers cultural context.

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    The document introduces four classic books that provide context on Brazil's political, cultural and economic history: Roots of Brazil by Sergio Buarque de Hollanda which discusses differences between Portuguese and Spanish colonization in America; The Economic Formation of Brazil by Caio Prado Junior which analyzes geography and the development of ports and cattle culture; The formation of Contemporaneous Brazil by Celso Furtado which focuses on Brazil's early 20th century coffee economy; and Brazilian People by Darcy Ribeiro which offers cultural context.

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    For eight years, I worked at some of the most important Brazilian

    newspapers, writing business stories. Now, because of a scholarship from


    Instituto Ling to study a Master in Communication Course in IE School of
    Communication, in Madrid, I went back to being solely a reader of Brazils
    media.
    Since I never liked to read the news without discussing, I decided to open up
    this blog, sharing some comments on what is on the main news in Brazil. I
    invite all visitors to join the conversation, post their comments and suggest
    themes for discussion on this page.
    In this brief introduction, I would like to suggest some basic readings to
    understand Brazil in some depth. There are four classic books that explain
    the political, cultural and economic history of Brazil that I think give some
    basics about the country.
    The first one of them would be Roots of Brazil, from Sergio Buarque de
    Hollanda, a Brazilian historian that happens to be the grandfather of the
    famous Brazilian singer Chico Buarque de Hollanda. Here youll find some
    important insights about the difference of the Portuguese and Spanish
    colonization in America, crucial to understand the differences in the region
    and also why Brazil has remained an united country while Spanish colonies
    divided into multiple countries. One of the reasons being the Portuguese
    directive of miscegenation, since the men were encouraged to marry Indians
    and their sons were recognized as Portuguese.
    The other precious book to give some ground on Brazil is from Caio Prado
    Junior, called The Economic Formation of Brazil, with some more
    geographical analysis. The author explains, among other things, the
    difficulty of building ports on Brazils shallow shore and the determination of
    the gaucho culture on the south because of the wild cattle that started to
    appear there after the colonization, this book is crucial for those who are
    more interested in economic history.
    From one of the most prominent Marxist authors in Brazil, Celso Furtado, we
    have the book called The formation of Contemporaneous Brazil, another
    book with a big economic basis that has a great analysis of the importance
    of coffee production in the beginning of the 20 th century. Finally, for those
    that would like to have some cultural background there is Brazilian People
    from anthropologist, and a famous defender of the indian population, Darcy
    Ribeiro.

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