Autos and progress
Subtitle: the Brazilian search for modernity
By: Joel Wolfe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195174571; 9780195174564
Subjects: Automobiles -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Automobile industry and trade -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Social change -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Progress -- History -- 20th century; Nationalism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Brazil -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Brazil -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First cars : curiosities of the elite; title: The coming of tropical modernity : automobiles and the question of nation; title: Americanism and Fordism : the search for the Brazilian El Dorado; title: Nationalist development : Vargas and the integration of Brazil; title: The multinational solution : Juscelino Kubitschek and the national auto industry; title: From technocrats to democrats : automobility and citizenship; title: Epilogue: Tropical modernity in a globalized space.