Topic 7: Early Republican Brazil (1889-1945) - Core Topic
7.1 THE FIRST REPUBLIC (1889 – 1930)
The establishment of the republican government (Deodoro da Fonseca and Floriano Peixoto)
The republic of the farmers and the consolidation of the oligarchic system
Economic organization (coffee and other exports)
Industrialization and working class movements
The 1920s: the republic in crisis (socio-political consequences)
1930: Revolution or reform?
7.2 THE VARGAS ERA (1930 – 1945)
Vargas and the constitution of 1934
The Estado Novo (the fascist nature, domestic and foreign policies)
Nationalism and populism (cultural and economic developments from 1930 to the 1950’s)
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