Brazil on the rise : the story of a country transformed / Larry Rohter.
Publication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 289 p. : map ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780230618879
- 0230618871
- 981 22
- F2538.3 .R64 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) 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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