Herbert S Klein, Francisco Vidal Luna

Modern Brazil

A Social History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first social history examining all aspects of Brazil's radical transition from a predominantly rural society to an urban one.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781108489027
• ISBN-10: 1108489028
• Artikelnr.: 58699018

Autorenporträt

Herbert S. Klein is Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University and Research Fellow and Latin American Curator at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, California.

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of graphs
List of tables
Introduction
1. Brazil at mid-century
2. Political and economic evolution of Brazil
3. Demographic change
4. Women, family and work
5. The Welfare State and income transfers
6. Urban life in the twentieth and twenty-first century
7. Stratification and mobility
8. Race and stratification
9. Organization of civil society
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.