Independence of Brazil - by Antonio Carlos Mazzeo

Independence of Brazil: the story that did not end, a work organized by Antonio Carlos Mazzeo and Luiz Bernardo Pericás, offers the reader, two hundred years after the cry of Ipiranga, a comprehensive and enlightening discussion about a process that to this day arouses controversy and misunderstanding. A collection of 12 articles by authors specialized in the theme and period, the set presents different views on the political and economic process of the time (crisis of the old colonial system, formation of the Brazilian State, class structure) alongside more detailed studies of interpretations classics, as well as themes such as the mapping of the territory, the formation of the book market, the tax structure of the colony and Empire, popular rebellions of the period. At the same time as it disseminates some of the most in-depth research on the subject, the book contributes to providing a panoramic view of Brazil's Independence process. It is, therefore, for specialists, an update and discussion piece, and, for the general public, a work of information and reflection on a very important process, but in some ways still unfinished.