05875nam 2200757 a 450 991078517390332120230207213831.00-19-979874-51-282-66126-497866126612660-19-972127-0(CKB)2670000000040680(StDuBDS)AH24087249(SSID)ssj0000412401(PQKBManifestationID)12155883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412401(PQKBWorkID)10367414(PQKB)11210414(MiAaPQ)EBC3053782(Au-PeEL)EBL3053782(CaPaEBR)ebr10402688(CaONFJC)MIL266126(OCoLC)650306850(EXLCZ)99267000000004068020090508d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAutos and progress[electronic resource] the Brazilian search for modernity /Joel WolfeOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (x, 269 p. )ill., portBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-517456-9 0-19-517457-7 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 : 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.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 debates on state-making, the role of multi-national corporations in the region, middle-class consumerism, working-class politics, and much more.Autos and Progress studies the automobile as both a tool and a cultural symbol of Brazil's status as a modern "developed" nation. As such it addresses debates on state-making, the role of multi-national corporations in the region, middle-class consumerism, working-class politics, and sports and leisure in the crafting of national identity, among others. Such a study is key for understanding the twentieth century because auto-based transportation became the central facet of Brazilian attempts to gain control over its massive national space. The most obvious expressions of this include the building of BrasLlia to be the new, interior national capital, the extensive road building throughout the Amazon in the 1970's, the nation's development of one of the world's leading alternative fuel industries, Brazilian dominance in world Formula One racing, and the fact that the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is a former auto worker and trade union leader. This focus on Brazilians' fascination with automobiles and their reliance on auto production and consumption as keys to their economic and social transformation, explains how Brazil -- which enshrined its belief in science and technology in its national slogan of Order and Progress -- has differentiated itself from other Latin American nations. This embrace of automobility allowed the Brazilian elite to use industrialism and the increased mobility of an auto-based society to attempt to remake the nation's poor into a more homogeneous population. Autos and Progress engages key issues in the Brazil around the meaning and role of race in society and also addresses several classic debates in Brazilian studies about the nature of Brazil's great size and diversity and how they shaped state-making. Autos and Progress unifies Brazilian economics, politics, and culture in the twentieth century. It provides a unique historical context for understanding Brazilian modernism in politics and culture. Moreover, by analyzing the origins of auto-oriented industrialism and consumerism, the book is an economic, cultural and social history of Brazilian attempts to remake the nation into a middle-class democracy. This aspect of the study presents a new interpretation for the rise of Brazil's New Unionism, which was born in Brazil's auto, truck, and bus factories. It also provides important context for understanding the place of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) in national politics and culture, and the rise of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former auto worker.AutomobilesSocial aspectsBrazilHistory20th centuryTransportation, AutomotiveSocial aspectsBrazilHistory20th centuryAutomobile industry and tradeBrazilHistory20th centurySocial changeBrazilHistory20th centuryProgressHistory20th centuryNationalismBrazilHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureBrazilHistory20th centuryBrazilSocial conditions20th centuryBrazilEconomic conditions20th centuryBrazilPolitics and government20th centuryAutomobilesSocial aspectsHistoryTransportation, AutomotiveSocial aspectsHistoryAutomobile industry and tradeHistorySocial changeHistoryProgressHistoryNationalismHistoryPolitical cultureHistory338.4/76292220981Wolfe Joel1960-1482338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785173903321Autos and progress3699916UNINA