Autos and Progress: The Brazilian Search for Modernity
by
Joel Wolfe
Autos and Progress reinterprets twentieth-century Brazilian history through automobiles, using them as a window for understanding the nation's struggle for modernity in the face of its massive geographical size, weak central government, and dependence on agricultural exports. Among the topics Wolfe touches upon are the first sports cars and elite consumerism; intellectuals...more
Paperback, 269 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by Oxford University Press
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