I. Origins, Conquest, and Colonial Rule. The Origin of Fire / Cayapo Legend. Noble Savages / John Hemming. A Description of the Tupinamba / Anonymous. The First Wave / Warren Dean. Letter to Governor Tome de Sousa / Manoel da Nobrega. From the River of Jenero / Francisco Suares. The Sins of Maranhao / Antonio Vieira. Minas Uprising of 1720 / Anonymous. Smuggling in the Diamond District / George Gardner. Decree Elevating Brazil to a Kingdom / Joao VI
II. Imperial and Republican Brazil. Declaration of Brazilian Independence, 1822 / Pedro I. The Baron of Parnaiba / George Gardner. Uprising in Maranhao, 1839-1840 / Domingos Jose Goncalves de Magalhaes. A Paraiba Plantation, 1850-1860 / Stanley J. Stein. The Paraguayan War Victory Parade / Peter M. Beattie. A Vanishing Way of Life / Gilberto Freyre. A Mirror of Progress / Dain Borges. Drought and the Image of the Northeast / Gerald M. Greenfield. Dom Pedro the Magnanimous / Mary Wilhelmine Williams. Solemn Inaugural Session of December 24, 1900 / Congress of Engineering and Industry. Intellectuals at Play / Olavo Bilac Collection. City of Mist / Manoel Sousa Pinto. The Civilist Campaign / J. R. Lobao. Gaucho Leaders, 1923: Photograph. Factory Rules, 1924 / Abramo Eberle Metalworks Management
III. Slavery and Its Aftermath. The War against Palmares / Anonymous. Slave Life at Morro Velho Mine / Richard Francis Burton. Scenes from the Slave Trade: Logbook Entries / Joao Dunshee de Abrantes. Cruelty to Slaves / Thomas Ewbank. Slavery and Society / Joaquim Nabuco. Abolition Decree, 1888 / Princess Isabel and Rodrigo Augusto da Silva. Laws Regulating Beggars in Minas Gerais, 1900 / Legislature of Minas Gerais
IV. The Vargas Era. The Social Question / Platform of the Liberal Alliance, 1930. Manifesto, May 1930 / Luis Carlos Prestes. Heroes of the Revolution: Composite Postcard Photograph. The "Gold for Sao Paulo" Building, 1932 / Cristina Mehrtens. Where They Talk about Rosa Luxemburg / Patricia Galvao. Two Versions of Factory Life / Photographers Unknown. Seized Correspondence from Communists, 1935-1945 / Dossier 20, Police Archives. The Paulista Synagogue / Gustavo Barroso. Why the Estado Novo? / Oliveira Vianna. New Year's Address, 1938 / Getulio Vargas. Rural Life / Photographers Unknown. A New Survey of Brazilian Life / Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. General George C. Marshall's Mission to Brazil / Katherine Tupper Marshall. Comments on the Estado Novo / Bailey W. Diffie. Educational Reform after Twenty Years / Anisio S. Teixeira. Ordinary People: Five Lives Affected by Vargas-Era Reforms / Apolonio de Carvalho, Geraldo Valdelirios Novais and Frederico Heller / [et al.]. Vargas's Suicide Letter, 1954 / Getulio Vargas
V. Seeking Democracy and Equity. Rehearsal for the Coup / Araken Tavora. The Military Regime / Antonio Pedro Tota. Excerpts from the 1967 Brazilian Constitution. Tropicalism and Brazilian Popular Music under Military Rule / Christopher Dunn. Literature under the Dictatorship / Elizabeth Ginway. Pele Speaks / Edson Arantes Nascimento da Silva. The Maximum Norm of the Exercise of Liberty / Grupo da Educacao Moral e Civica. Families of Fishermen Confront the Sharks / Paulo Lima. The Reality of the Brazilian Countryside / Landless Movement (MST). The "Greatest Administrative Scandal" / Seth Garfield. Life on an Occupied Ship / Marcal Joao Scarante. A Letter from Brazil / Juliano Spyer. Inaugural Address / Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Theory and Practice / Ted G. Goertzel. Is Brazil Hopelessly Corrupt? / Roberto DaMatta
VI. Women's Lives. Aunt Zeze's Tears / Emilia Moncorva Bandeira de Mello. Tarsila and the 1920s / Carol Damian and Cristina Mehrtens. The Integral Woman / Provincia de Guanabara. The Children Always Had Milk / Maria Puerta Ferreira. Women of the Forest / Yolanda F. Murphy and Robert F. Murphy. My Life / Maria das Dores Gomes Batista. A Healer's Story / Maria Geralda Ferreira. Sonia, a Middle-Class Woman / Alison Raphael. Family Life in Recife / Fanny Mitchell. Xuxa and the Televisual Imaginary / Amelia Simpson. Dreams of Uneducated Women / Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy
VII. Race and Ethnic Relations. A Letter from Brazil, 1918 / Jose Clarana. Growing Up Black in Minas Gerais / Carolina Maria de Jesus. Exotic Peoples / Indian Protection Agency. Brazil: Study in Black, Brown, and Beige / Leslie B. Rout, Jr. Immigrant Ethnicity in Brazil / Jeffrey Lesser. The Myth of Racial Democracy / Abdias do Nascimento. The National Day against Racism / Revista MNU. The Church Tries to Combat Prejudice / Bernardete Toneto. What Color Are You? / Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Mixed Blood / Jefferson M. Fish
VIII. Realities. The Animal Game / Clayton S. Cooper. How Brazil Works / Robert M. Levine. Iansa Is Not Saint Barbara / Ile Axe Opo Afonja. Upward Mobility Is Possible / Alcides Nazario Guerreiro Britto. Crab and Yoghurt / Tobias Hecht. Voices from the Pavement / Claudia Milito and Helio R. S. Silva. Pixote's Fate / Robert M. Levine. A Letter to President Cardoso / Caius Brandao. The History of the Huni Kui People / Sia Kaxinawa. Urban Indians / Juliano Spyer. Mayor Orders Billboard Shacks Destroyed / Juliana Raposo. Cultural Imperialism at Its Most Fashionable / Roger M. Allen. The Gay and Lesbian Movement in Brazil / James N. Green. Liberation Theology's Rise and Fall / Robin Nagle
IX. Saudades. Bananas Is My Business / Helena Solberg. The Invention of Tradition on Brazilian Radio / Bryan McCann. Bahia Music Story / Bill Hinchberger. O Axe de Zumbi / Paulo Lima and Bernadete Toneto. At Carnival / Pedro Ribeiro. Two Poets Sing the New World / Jessica Callaway. Two Essays on Sports / Janet Lever and Jose Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy.
