%0 Journal Article
%T Do Brasil col£¿nia de ontem ao Brasil na£¿£¿o de amanh£¿: "revolu£¿£¿o da independ¨ºncia" e hist¨®ria do Brasil em Caio Prado Jr.
%A Ferreira
%A Bernardo
%J Dados
%D 2008
%I Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
%R 10.1590/S0011-52582008000200009
%X this article aims to analyze key aspects of brazil's historical formation as elaborated by caio prado jr. in his main works on brazilian history, evolu£¿£¿o pol¨ªtica do brasil (1933), the colonial background of modern brazil (published in portuguese in 1942; first english edition in 1967), and hist¨®ria econ£¿mica do brasil (1945). the author analyzes how caio prado jr. engages in a dialogue with marxist thought in his approach to the "revolution of independence" as a watershed in the historical development of brazilian society.
%K caio prado jr.
%K brazilian history
%K nation.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0011-52582008000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en