Politics in Brazil 1930-1964: An Experiment in DemocracyA thorough study of Brazilian politics from 1930 to 1964, this book begins with Getulio Vargas' fifteen year rule the latter part of which was a virtual dictatorship and traces the following years of economic difficulty and political turbulence, culminating in the explosive coup d'tat that overthrew the constitutional government of President Jo ao Goulart and profoundly changes the nature of Brazil's political institutions. The first book by Thomas E.