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Title: very helpful book for thinking types who love history
Review: I bought this book to prepare me for a move from the States to Brasil. A Brazilian friend responded immediately to the mention of the author's name, saying that he's one of the most respected non-Brazilian historians of Brazilian history. He also said that the complaints given by other reviewers on this site were reflecting the Historical Revisionist camp. So regardless of one's position, Skidmore's book gives an excellent representation of the traditional historical view of Brazilian history.I'm about halfway through it at this point, and I can say that it is very readable, very interesting, quite blunt and realistic about the suffering of slaves and native Brazilians, nevertheless does not stand on a soapbox, and I'm quite inspired by the understanding of the Brazilian spirit that I'm getting.
