An introduction to the Brazilian revolution -- The ideology of peasant revolution -- The practice and preaching of revolution -- Charisma, constitutions, and Brazil's men of power -- Brazil and "third-force" international politics -- Revolution from above -- Fact and folklore in economic underdevelopment -- Social structure and economic change -- Bossa Nova in Brazilian society -- Brazil confronts the clash of world systems -- Brazil and the Sino-Soviet dispute -- American capitalism, Soviet communism, and the Brazilian "mix"