
Brazil
Wolfe(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-5095-4776-0 (ISBN)
Description
Brazil has long been an enigma to outsiders. Over the last two decades alone, Latin America's largest and most populous country has been celebrated as a vibrant new democracy with a powerful economy, and derided as a nation in complete disarray heading towards the status of a failed state.
In this vibrant and smart book, Joel Wolfe tells the story of this "incomplete nation" and its two-hundred-year-old struggle to control its vast national territory and to fashion and maintain a functioning democracy against a backdrop of intense inequality, racial discrimination and regional rivalries. From independence to the abolition of slavery, scarring military dictatorship to the election of President Bolsonaro - the 'Tropical Trump', he weaves a rich portrait of a country fighting against the odds to overcome the long-standing and seemingly intractable problems that have, for most of its history, hindered national unity and development.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5095-4776-0 (9781509547760)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Joel Wolfe is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Brazilian society and politics.
Content
Map
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Tropical Liberalism (1840-1930)
Chapter 2: The Failed March to Modernity (1930-1964)
Chapter 3: Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)
Chapter 4: Chaotic Democracy (1985-1994)
Chapter 5: The Triumph of Social Democracy (1993-2010)
Chapter 6: The Great Unraveling (2011-)
Further Reading

