Autos and Progress analyzes autos as both tools for and cultural symbols of Brazil's status as a modern nation. This book details attempts to remake the nation physically and economically, through road building, the establishment of a domestic auto industry, and the founding of Brasília, as well as culturally and politically with the transformation of segments of the poor into a democratic and assertive working class. INDICE: Introduction; 1.: First Cars: Curiosities of the Elite; 2.: TheComing of Tropical Modernity: Automobiles and the Question of Nation; 3.: Americanism and Fordism: The Search for the Brazilian El Dorado; 4.: Nationalist Development: Vargas and the Integration of Brazil; 5.: The Multinational Solution: Juscelino Kubitschek and the National Auto Industry; 6.: From Technocratsto Democrats: Automobility and Citizenship; Epilogue Tropical Modernity in a Globalized Space; Notes
- ISBN: 978-0-19-517456-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 282
- Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés