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For Evaldo Cabral de Mello, understanding the Brazilian war is impossible without first examining the Portuguese Restoration. He argued that any historian interested in researching the Brazilian colonial period must study Portuguese historiography. Mello has always critically analysed the relationship between metropolis and colony and even stated in an interview that the problems of contemporary Brazil could be largely explained by two issues that have been alive in public administration since the colonial period:
corruption and incompetence. In describing the Dutch period, he expressed admiration for the Batavian style of administration, which was more organised than the Portuguese approach at the time and more tolerant of religious differences. However, when asked if Brazil would have been better off as a Dutch colony, he did not rule out the hypothesis, but emphasised that former Dutch colonies were not free from socio-structural problems like those suffered by Brazilians.
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S. Paulo, 2007; O norte agrário e o Império (1871-1889) , Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro, 1984; Rubro veio – O imaginário da restauração pernambucana , Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro, 1986; O nome e o sangue - Uma parábola genealógica no Pernambuco colonial , Companhia das Letras, S. Paulo, 1989; Como manipular a inquisição para mudar de senhor . Novos Estudos CEBRAP, São Paulo, no. 33, p. 115-127, jul. 1992 A fronda dos mazombos - Nobres contra mascates. Pernambuco, 1666-1715 , Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, 1995; O fim das casas-grandes , In ALENCASTRO, Luiz Felipe de. História da vida privada no Brasil. Império: a Corte e a modernidade nacional, Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, 1997. O negócio do Brasil. Portugal, os Países Baixos e o Nordeste, 1640-1669 , Topbooks, Rio de Janeiro, 1998; O negócio do Brasil. Portugal, os Países Baixos e o Nordeste, 1640-1669, 3rd ed., Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, 2011; A ferida de Narciso
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