Land and people before and after Portuguese exploration (prehistory to 1530)

Portuguese colony (1530-1800)

Society in early Brazil : slavery, patriarchy, and the church (1530-1889)

From colony to republic (1800-1889)

Constructing a nation of free laborers in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Society and politics in the first republic (1890-1930)

From Getulio Vargas to the military coup (1930-1964)

From military dictatorship to democracy (1964-2002)

Popular culture : music, sports, and television in today's Brazil

Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century.