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Autore |
Wolfe Joel <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Autos and progress [[electronic resource] ] : the Brazilian search for modernity / / Joel Wolfe |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-66126-4 |
9786612661266 |
0-19-972127-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 269 p. ) : ill., port |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Automobiles - Social aspects - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Transportation, Automotive - Social aspects - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Automobile industry and trade - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Social change - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Progress - History - 20th century |
Nationalism - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Political culture - Brazil - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Brazil Social conditions 20th century |
Brazil Economic conditions 20th century |
Brazil Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 : Getũlio 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work studies the automobile as both a tool and a cultural symbol of Brazil's status as a modern 'developed' nation. As such it addresses |
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