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|  | A Concise History of Brazil by Boris Fausto
Description not available. Excellent one-volume history of Brazil by leading Brazilian social historian is suitable for advanced students and sophisticated general readers. Emphasizes political and economic history. Treats colonial and 19th-century history seriously as political history; one-third of book covers 1930-80. Unlike other recent one-volume histories, such as those by Skidmore (see item #bi 00004885#) and Levine (see item #bi 00000173#), work does not cover contemporary events (1980-90), and the evaluation of the transition from 1964 dictatorship to electoral politics is reticent. Often narrates events by synthesizing differing interpretations in historiography of key issues: nature of Portuguese imperial state, reasons for 19th-century Brazilian territorial unity, relation between slavery and peasantry. Good summary discussion of demography and class structure, but little overt explanation of political culture and almost no references to folkways and the arts --Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Covers events and cultural forces which have shaped Brazil's history, focusing on the arrival of the Portuguese and the massive immigration during the first decades of the twentieth century AUTHOR: Boris Fausto
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The New Penguin History of Scotland by R. A. Houston
Description not available.Incorporating the work of some of Scotland's leading historians, this definitive history of the country chronicles some eight thousand years, from the Neolithic period to the present day, covering the people and events that have shaped Scotland and furnishing essays on such topics as archaeology, economics, science, religion, literature, and other disciplines. Original. AUTHOR: R. A. Houston
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | That Dark & Bloody River by Allan W. Eckert
Along the course of the great Ohio River, a new nation is taking root. They came in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score. Restless, adventurous, enterprising--all seeking a foothold on the future. This is the chronicle of settlers, speculators, soldiers, missionaries, fugitives, and pioneers who settled the West. AUTHOR: Allan W. Eckert
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee
A factual account of how and why the Brooklyn Bridge was built. Illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Lynn Curlee
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Viking Discovery of America by Anne Stine Ingstad, Helge Ingstad
Description not available.Provides an account of the seven expeditions the authors made to L'Anse aux Meadows between 1961 and 1968, where they located and excavated the remains of several house sites which were carbon-dated to around year 1000 A.D. AUTHOR: Anne Stine Ingstad, Helge Ingstad
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Reclaiming San Francisco by Chris Carlsson, James Brook, Nancy J. Peters
San Francisco's history, politics, and culture here receive fresh appraisals: Popular resistance to the corporate agenda, waterfront labor struggles that reshaped the City and set the stage for economic globalization, the need to preserve the library (and the book) as a public resource, the dynamics of Presido redevelopment, the gay leather scene, the role of tycoons in imperial city building, and the new Civic Center as a symbolic emblem....[T]his fascinating unearthing of lost, forgotten, and obscured histories is profusely illustrated and includes useful bibliographies. AUTHOR: Chris Carlsson, James Brook, Nancy J. Peters
PUBLISHER: City Lights Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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