{"product_id":"brazil-a-biography","title":"Brazil A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Jabuti Prize for the Best Brazilian Book Published Abroad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Engrossing ... eye-opening ... an enormously refreshing treat'' Dominic Sandbrook, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSince Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing  source of extraordinary fascination. More than any other part of the  ''New World'' it displayed both the greatest beauty and grandeur and  witnessed scenes of the most terrible European ferocity. Its native  people both revolutionized Europe''s ideas of itself and were then  subject to extermination. For white settlers Brazil''s opportunities  seemed endless, for imported black slaves it was a hell on earth. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrazil: A Biography,  \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by two of Brazil''s leading historians and a bestseller in  Brazil itself, is a remarkable attempt to convey the overwhelming  diversity and challenges of this huge country - larger than the  contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped - from its  origins to the twenty-first century. The book''s major themes are the  near-continuous battles to create both political institutions and social  frameworks that would allow stable growth, legal norms and protection  for all its citizens. Brazil''s failure to achieve these except in the  very short term has been tragic, but even in the 21st century it remains  one of the world''s great experiments - creative, harsh, unique and as  compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319381959038,"sku":"NW9780141976198","price":15.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141976198.jpg?v=1778647870","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/brazil-a-biography","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}