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Title Brazil on the rise :
the story of a country transformed
Author(s) Rohter, Larry
Local Call Num. 9297
ISBN 9780230618879
0230618871
Status This item is currently IN the library.
Publishing Info New York Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Loan Type/Days REG-Regular / This item may circulate for 4 Days
Department S-Student
Media PBK-Paperback
Subjects Social change--Brazil--History--21st century.
Interviews--Brazil.
Brazil--Politics and government--2003-
Brazil--Social life and customs--21st century.
Brazil--Social conditions--1985-
Brazil--Economic conditions--1985-
Description 289 p. : maps; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The "country of the future" reveals itself
A history of booms and busts
Sin and salvation south of the equator
The myth of a racial paradise
The tropical lifestyle
Creativity, culture, and "cannibalism"
Industrial giant, agricultural superpower
Energy to burn : petroleum, ethanol, and hydropower
The Amazon : nationalism and paranoia in the jungle
Becoming a "serious country"
Politics after Lula and FHC
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