As the most comprehensive introduction to Brazil available in English, Brazil: The Once and Future Country shows Brazil to be a land of the marvellous and the mystical, the sublime and the tragic. Brazil: The Once and Future Country is a fascinating read that anyone interested in Brazil will want.
MARSHALL C. EAKIN is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of British Enterprise in Brazil: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Companyand the Morro Velho Gold Mine, 1830-1960.