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.