Foreword to the Brazilian edition Foreword to the Portuguese edition Foreword to the English edition Introduction to the English edition Presentation to the English-speaking public PART 1 - THE INTELLECTUAL AND THE POLITICIAN (1895-1932) 1. Origins and life in the province (1895-1919)
2. The modernist writer and the political essayist (1919-1930)
3. The journalist and politician of the Partido Republicano Paulista
4. The decisive years: the break with the old order (1930-1932) PART 2 - THE FOCAL POINT OF A LIFE: INTEGRALISM (1932-1939)
5. The integralist thinker (1932-1938) 6. The National Chief (1932-1939)
7. The political articulator (1932-1937)
8. A conspirator in search of power (1937-1939) PART 3 - A POLITICIAN IN SEARCH OF A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR POWER 9. An exile in search of new paths (1939-1946)
10. An intellectual and a politician updated (1946-1964)
11. The PRP leader and political activities between 1945 and 1962 PART 4 - THE COLLABORATOR OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, DEATH, AND SYMBOLIC SURVIVAL (1963-1975) 12. The conspirator and the supporter of the military regime (1963-1974)
13. Death (1975) and symbolic survival Final considerations Bibliography