Title Brazil : the troubled rise of a global power / Michael Reid

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction : a new power -- Brazil's troubled rise -- The Brazilian way of life -- Part I: History from geography -- The forging of a people -- From monarchy to coffee republic -- Getulio Vargas and 'national developmentalism' -- The long dictatorship -- Part II: The making of democratic Brazil -- From disorder to progress under Cardoso -- Lulismo and the Brazilian dream -- The long road to a middle-class society -- Oil, farming and the Amazon -- Brazil's guided capitalism -- Part III: Prospects -- Global ambitions and frustrations -- An unreformed Leviathan -- Brazil's century? Summary Examines the South American country that is destined to be one of the world's premier economic powers by the year 2030, and considers some of the abundant problems the nation faces Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered pages 312-page 317) and index Notes Text in English Print version record Subject Social change -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Diplomatic relations Economic history Manners and customs Politics and government Social change Social conditions SUBJECT Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016593 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006000639 Brazil -- Social conditions -- 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005262 Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016538 Brazil -- Foreign relations -- 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016546 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 21st century Brazil -- Social life and customs -- 21st century Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject Brazil Genre/Form History dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300165838 0300165838

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