History
HISTORY

Ambitious education projects after Brazil’s independence suffered from a lack of resources
Liberalism and the need for national cohesion inspired proposals for universal public education, but funding was never sufficient
By Diego Viana
Archaeology

Ancient peoples dug up the dead
Digging up the dead and then burying them again with adornments was a common mortuary practice for ancient South American peoples
By Redação
Acknowledgment

New Pesquisa FAPESP scientific coordinator
Physicist Luiz Nunes de Oliveira named scientific coordinator of Pesquisa FAPESP
By Redação
History

José Bonifácio connected ideas from the Age of Enlightenment to Brazil’s Independence process
Mineralogist and professor in Coimbra, “the patriarch” proposed a political and economic project for the new country
By Diego Viana
History

Drought caused collapse of Mayan capital
Lack of water was behind the civil conflicts that led to the fall of the Mayan capital in present-day Mexico
By Redação
images

Images of history, history of images
The illustrations created for this edition were based on iconography that originated from the facts and key characters of the Independence of Brazil, as well as other “portrayals” of the country produced during almost seven decades of its imperial rule. “Portrayals” is in quotation marks because as has been described, these images are more like... View Article
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Brazil’s post-independence justice system broke away from, yet built on, the past
The country’s Judiciary was established amid major shifts in the late colonial period
By Diego Viana
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Science to help build a nation
Museums, research institutions, maps, and surveys of natural resources grew in importance in the Brazilian Empire
POLITICAL SCIENCE

Crafters of emancipation
The political approach taken by the protagonists of Brazilian independence was marked by liberalism and constitutional revolutions
History

Unafraid to fight
Political repression did not stop women from fighting for Brazil’s independence
HISTORY

Possible origin of the Black Death
Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China
By Redação
photolab

Europe in China
Project investigates connections between Asian, European, and Indigenous cultures in Brazil
By Redação
Brazil 200 years

Errors and accuracies on the path to Independence
Researchers from Museu Paulista correct details of the route taken by Dom Pedro on September 7, 1822