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Author Wolfe, Joel, 1960-

Title Autos and progress [electronic resource] : the Brazilian search for modernity / Joel Wolfe.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 269 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 : Getulio 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195174571 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195174577 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195174564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195174569 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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