The Oxford Encyclopedia of Brazilian History and Culture

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Brazilian History and Culture brings together specialists from around Latin America, Europe, and the United States in 115 long-form essays ranging from the nation's prehistory until the beginning of the 21st century. The collection features original research on the history and legacies of slavery, political history, international relations, economic history, social history, cultural history and more, with special attention paid to the arts and sciences. The encyclopedia is divided into four large chronological sections: the precolonial and long colonial periods, the short imperial period, and the republican period that continues to the present day. It also seeks to reinvent the historiographical tradition by securing the participation of historians from across generations whose contributions compare themes and models of interpretation that correspond to specific phases of historical research. Written in clear explanatory prose and incorporating the latest research, the encyclopedia's articles offer a marvelous narrative that will be of use to scholars, students, and the general reader.

Guillermo Palacios is an emeritus professor of history at El Colegio de México, where he was director of the Centro de Estudos Históricos and Coordinator of the Chairs of Brazilian Studies. He earned his PhD in history from Princeton University. He has been a professor-researcher at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro) and the Centro de Pós-Graduação em Agricultura e Sociedade (CPDA) of the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) of Mexico City, and El Colegio de Michoacán. He is a member of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias and the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). He has been a Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Between 2013 and 2017 he served as Cultural Attaché at the Embajada de México in Brazil. He is Senior Editor of the Brazil section of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin
American History.

Topical Outline of Articles

Articles in the encyclopedia are organized alphabetically. Articles in this outline are arranged under the following headings:

Precolonial History
Indigenous Societies in Brazil before the European Arrival
Pre-Columbian Earth Builders of the Amazon

Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822
Africans in Brazil and Afro-Brazilian Religion and Culture
Atlantic Sugar Trade in 17th-Century Brazil
Cartography in the Administration of Portuguese America from the 16th to 18th Centuries
Colonial Elites: Planters and Land Nobility in 17th- and 18th-Century Brazil
Color and Race in Portuguese America, 1640-1750
Dutch in Brazil, 1624-1654
Ecclesiastical Geography of Colonial Brazil
Economy during the Colonial Period
Empire in the Tropics, 1808-1821: A Historiographical Overview
Frontier, Backlands, and Indigenous Presence in Colonial São Paulo
Gender and Sexuality in Colonial Brazil
Indigenous Peoples and the Portuguese Crown in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Justice and Society in Colonial Brazil during the 17th and 18th Centuries
Labor, Territory, and Economy in the Colonial North
Palmares and Zumbi: Quilombo Resistance to Colonial Slavery
Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil
Revolt of the Enteados and Tailors in Bahia, 1798
Slavery and Its Economic Structures in Colonial Brazil
Sugar and the Formation of Colonial Brazil
Traders in Colonial Brazil: Origins, Strategies, and Networks
Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil

Imperial Brazil, 1822-1889
Abolition of the African Slave Trade in Brazil
Balaiada War, 1838-1841
Beyond Slavery: Abolition and Post-abolition Brazil
Black Intellectuals in 19th-Century Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Cabanagem in Pará, 1835-1840
Capoeira: From Slave Combat Game to Global Martial Art
Carnival: Toward a History
Coffee and the Formation of Modern Brazil, 1860-1914
Cultural Institutions of the Brazilian Empire
Enslaved and Free Workers and the Growth of the Working Class in Brazil
Free Afro-Brazilians in the 19th Century
Gender and Sexuality in Brazil since Independence
Historiography of Brazil in the 19th Century
Immigration and the Historical Formation of Brazil
Independence: Change and Continuity
Insurgent Pernambuco: From the Cabanos War (1832-1835) to the Praieira Revolution of 1848
National Identity in Brazil and the Paraguayan War
Native Brazilians under the Monarchy in Brazil
Paraguayan War and Brazil: Conflicts and Interests
Popular Revolts in the Empire of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: A Sociocultural History
Sabinada Rebellion
Sexuality and Black Magic in Brazil
Slave Revolts
Slavery and International Relations in 19th-Century Brazil
Slavery, Race, and the Construction of the Imperial Order
Visions of the Nation in Imperial Brazil: Arts and Celebrations

Republic of Brazil, Dictatorship, and Military Government, 1889-1985
Amazon Development
Architecture in 20th-Century Brazil
Artistic Vanguards in Brazil, 1917-1967
Artistic Vanguards in Brazil, 1952-1990
Authoritarian Urbanism in the Era of Mass Eradication in Rio de Janeiro, 1960s and 1970s
Black Associational Politics in 20th-Century Brazil
Brasilia: Relocating Brazil's Capital Inland
Cangaço and Cangaceiros: Rural Banditry in the Brazilian Northeast
Carmen Miranda: Race, Gender, and Camp Culture
Cinema and Moviegoing in Brazil
Contemporary Art in Brazil, 1960s and 1970s: Forging the “New”
Economy in Brazil during the 20th Century
Estado Novo: Politics and Political Propaganda in Brazil, 1937-1945
Favelas and Politics in Brazil, 1890-1960
Gilberto Freyre and the Politics of Culture, 1930-1980
Health, Malaria Campaigns, and Development in Brazil
Historiography of Brazil in the 20th Century
Indigenous Policy and Politics in 20th-Century Brazil
Intellectuals and the Nation in Early-20th-Century Brazil
International Politics and Brazil
Japanese Immigration to Brazil
Literary and Cultural Magazines in Brazil in the First Half of the 20th Century
Luís Carlos Prestes: A Revolutionary between Two Worlds
Marxist Thought in Brazil
Military Coup in Brazil, 1964
Military Regime in Brazil, 1964-1985
Myths and Identities in Brazilian Culture: Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and His Raízes do Brasil
Pentecostalism in Brazil
Popular Music before 1945
Populism in Brazil, 1930-1964
Publishing Houses and the “Discovery” of Brazil, 1930-1950
Race, Science, and Social Thought in 20th-Century Brazil
Revolta da Chibata: Conscription, Corporal Punishment, and State Control of Free Afro-Brazilians
Samba Schools
São Paulo's Biennales
United States and the 1964 Brazilian Military Coup
Vaccine Revolt of 1904, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vargas Era and the Politics of Cultural Production, 1930-1945
War of Canudos
World War I and Brazil
World War II and Brazil

Modern Brazil, 1985-Present
AIDS Crisis and Brazil
Alcohol and Drugs in Brazil
Cacao Growing in the State of Bahia: A Sociopolitical History
Cardoso Presidency
Collor Presidency from the Electoral Campaign to the Impeachment
Consumerism and Advertising in 20th-Century Brazil
Drought and Public Policy in Northeast Brazil
Environmental Change and Mobilization in Brazil
Football (Soccer) in Brazil
LGBTQ History and Movements in Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Brazilian Workers Party (PT)
Popular Music since 1945 and the Growth of the Brazilian Culture Industries
Protected Environmental Areas across Brazil
Race and Social Inequality in 20th- and 21st-Century Brazil
Radical Right Ideologies and Movements in Brazil
Regionalism in Brazil
Rural Social Movements in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Science and Technology in 20th-Century Brazil
Sertão and Its Representations
Telenovelas and Modernity in Brazil
Underdevelopment in Brazil and Its Interpretations
Universities and Politics in 20th- and 21st-Century Brazil
Wildlife in Brazil: History, Threats, and Opportunities
Women's History and Movements in 20th- and 21st-Century Brazil