Rohter, Larry,  1950- <br/><br/>
Brazil on the rise :  the story of a country transformed / 
Larry Rohter. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2010. 
 - 289 p. :  map ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230618879 0230618871 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010013063 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social change--History--Brazil--21st century.<br/>Interviews--Brazil.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil--Politics and government--2003-<br/>Brazil--Social life and customs--21st century.<br/>Brazil--Social conditions--1985-<br/>Brazil--Economic conditions--1985-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2538.3  / .R64 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>981