HGCB - Vol. 2 - The colonial era: administration, economy, society

The work analyzes various aspects of the country's historical formation, from the material organization of society to the forms of culture and thought. The first two volumes are dedicated to the colonial period. Experts study the process of Brazil's establishment and consolidation as a Portuguese colony, covering everything from economic and sociopolitical aspects to colonial medicine, baroque music, and scientific expeditions. The second volume, "Administration, Economy, Society," in its 10th edition, is divided into five parts: "Politics and Administration"; "Spiritual Life"; "Letters, Arts, Sciences"; "Economy and Finance"; and "On the Path to Political Emancipation." The publisher intends to reissue the entire series by mid-2004. The monarchical period is covered in five volumes. It begins with an analysis of the conditions of Brazil's emancipation and concludes with the crisis of the monarchical regime and the transition to the Republic, in a now-classic volume written entirely by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The four volumes of the republican period are divided into two periods: one before and one after 1930, a year of global crisis and revolution in Brazil. At the end of the books that conclude each period, there is a bibliography and a summary chronology outlining the events.