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This pathfinder contains electronic resources on the history
of Brazil which includes timelines, chronologies, biographical
dictionaries, and auxiliary studies.
For information about additional
historical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its
online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov).
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles
concerning Brazilian history
is the annual Handbook
of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. The Handbook
is available in selected libraries in book form. Additionally,
one of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of
subjects relating to Brazilian history is the University of Texas'
LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/).
Brazilian
Government Document Digitization Project (http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=4&l2=18&l3=33)
The Latin American Microfilm Project (LAMP) at the Center for
Research Libraries (CRL) provides links to digitized executive
branch serial documents originally issued by Brazil's national
government
between 1821 and 1993,
and by its provincial government from the earliest available
document for each province to the end of the Empire to 1889.
Web page text in English and serial documents/reports in Portuguese.
Brief History
of Brazil (http://www.brazilbrazil.com/historia.html)
This page provides a brief history of Brazil from colonial times
to1996, focusing on the most important historical figures who
played a significant role in that country's development.
Centro de
Informações. História do Brasil (http://www.multirio.rj.gov.br/historia/)
From the Empresa Municipal de Multimeios Ltda. and the Secretaria
Municipal de Educaçno of the Prefeitura da cidade do
Rio de Janeiro. Features information about Portuguese America
and the monarchy. In Portuguese.
Centro
de Pesquisa e Documentação de História
Contemporânea do Brasil (http://www.cpdoc.fgv.br/comum/htm/index.htm)
Center sponsored by the Fundação Getulio Vargas
for research, education, and culture of the history of
Brazil after 1930. Contains information about
the institution, archives, oral history, access to the abstracts
of the periodical Revista Estudos Históricos,
electronic bulletins, publications, services, partners, contact,
requiring a login
to the database after a free registration. In Portuguese.
História da República do Brasil (http://elogica.br.inter.net/crdubeux/historia.html)
Includes a chronological history of the presidents of Brazil
from 1889 to 2001 as well as text about important historical
events during each president's administration such as the Canudos
campaign, the revolution of 1930, and the communist conspiracy
of 1935, etc. In Portuguese.
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