Autos and progress the Brazilian search for modernity /

Wolfe, Joel, 1960-

Autos and progress the Brazilian search for modernity / [electronic resource] : Joel Wolfe. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - x, 269 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First cars : curiosities of the elite -- The coming of tropical modernity : automobiles and the question of nation -- Americanism and Fordism : the search for a Brazilian El Dorado -- Nationalist development : Getulio Vargas and the integration of Brazil -- The multinational solution : Juscelino Kubitschek and the national auto industry -- From technocrats to democrats : automobility and citizenship -- Epilogue: Tropical modernity in a globalized space.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Automobiles--Social aspects--History--Brazil--20th century.
Transportation, Automotive--Social aspects--History--Brazil--20th century.
Automobile industry and trade--History--Brazil--20th century.
Social change--History--Brazil--20th century.
Progress--History--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Political culture--History--Brazil--20th century.


Brazil--Social conditions--20th century.
Brazil--Economic conditions--20th century.
Brazil--Politics and government--20th century.


Electronic books.

HE5653.A6 / W65 2010

338.4/76292220981