Autos and progress : the Brazilian search for modernity /

This work studies the automobile as both a tool and a cultural symbol of Brazil's status as a modern 'developed' nation. As such it addresses debates on state-making, the role of multi-national corporations in the region, middle-class consumerism, working-class politics, and much more...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wolfe, Joel, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte.
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.
Automobiles > Aspect social > Brésil > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transports routiers > Aspect social > Brésil > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Brésil > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Progrès > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nationalisme > Brésil > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Automobile Industry.
Automobile industry and trade
Automobiles > Social aspects
Economic history
Nationalism
Political culture
Politics and government
Progress
Social change
Social conditions
Transportation, Automotive > Social aspects
Kraftwagen
Brazil > Social conditions > 20th century.
Brazil > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Brazil > Politics and government > 20th century.
Brésil > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Brésil > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Brazil
Brasilien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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