Oligarchic Liberalism: The Political System of Brazil from 1830 to 1930

FAIN: RO-11313-72

Richard Graham
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX 78712-0100)

To focus attention on the process through which political power was transferred from one group or shared among increasingly numerous groups from the time political independence was consolidated in the early nineteenth century until oligarchical power with its liberal facade finally faced the threat of twentieth century dictatorship.