Politics in Brazil 1930-1964: An Experiment in Democracy

A thorough study of Brazilian politics from 1930 to 1964, this book begins with Getulio Vargas' fifteen-year-rule—the latter part of which was a virtual dictatorship—and traces the following years of economic difficulty and political turbulence, culminating in the explosive coup d'état that overthrew the constitutional government of President Jo~ao Goulart and profoundly changes the nature of Brazil's political institutions.

The first book by Thomas E. Skidmore, Politics in Brazil, 193…