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 Brasília, as well as culturally and politically with the transformation of segments of the poor into a democratic and assertive working class.
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 Brasília, as well as culturally and politically with the transformation of segments of the poor into a democratic and assertive working class.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joel Wolfe is Associate Professor of History at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is the author of Working Women, Working Men: Sao Paulo and the Rise of Brazil's Industrial Working Class, 1900-1955 (Duke UP, 1993).
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1.: First Cars: Curiosities of the Elite * 2.: The Coming of Tropical Modernity: Automobiles and the Question of Nation * 3.: Americanism and Fordism: The Search for the Brazilian El Dorado * 4.: Nationalist Development: Vargas and the Integration of Brazil * 5.: The Multinational Solution: Juscelino Kubitschek and the National Auto Industry * 6.: From Technocrats to Democrats: Automobility and Citizenship * Epilogue Tropical Modernity in a Globalized Space * Notes
* Introduction * 1.: First Cars: Curiosities of the Elite * 2.: The Coming of Tropical Modernity: Automobiles and the Question of Nation * 3.: Americanism and Fordism: The Search for the Brazilian El Dorado * 4.: Nationalist Development: Vargas and the Integration of Brazil * 5.: The Multinational Solution: Juscelino Kubitschek and the National Auto Industry * 6.: From Technocrats to Democrats: Automobility and Citizenship * Epilogue Tropical Modernity in a Globalized Space * Notes
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