Brazil on the rise
Subtitle: the story of a country transformed
By: Larry Rohter
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780230618879
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Interviews; Social change; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: The "country of the future" reveals itself; title: A history of booms and busts; title: Sin and salvation south of the equator; title: The myth of a racial paradise; title: The tropical lifestyle; title: Creativity, culture, and "cannibalism"; title: Industrial giant, agricultural superpower; title: Energy to burn : petroleum, ethanol, and hydropower; title: The Amazon : nationalism and paranoia in the jungle; title: Becoming a "serious country"; title: Politics after Lula and FHC.