Autos and Progress: The Brazilian Search for Modernity

Autos and Progress: The Brazilian Search for Modernity Autos and Progress analyzes autos as both tools for and cultural symbols of Brazil's status as a modern nation. This book details attempts to remake the nation physically and economically, through road building, the establishment of a domestic auto industry, and the founding of Bras?a, as well as culturally and politically with the transformation of segments of the poor into a democratic and assertive working class. Autor: Joel (Associate Professor of History Wolfe Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press Rok wydania: 2010 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 288 Wymiary: 15.9 x 23.5 x 1.5 cm Ilustracje: 26 halftones Język: angielski ISBN: 9780195174564