Autos and progress : the Brazilian search for modernity /
Wolfe, Joel,1960-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First cars : curiosities of the elite -- The coming of tropical modernity : automobiles and the question of nation -- Americanism and Fordism : the search for a Brazilian El Dorado -- Nationalist development : Getũlio Vargas and the integration of Brazil -- The multinational solution : Juscelino Kubitschek and the national auto industry -- From technocrats to democrats : automobility and citizenship -- Epilogue: Tropical modernity in a globalized space.
Automobiles
Transportation, Automotive
Automobile industry and trade
Social change
Progress
Nationalism
Political culture