Autos and progress : the Brazilian search for modernity / / Joel Wolfe

• Autore: Wolfe Joel <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 269 p. ) : ill., port
• Disciplina: 338.4/76292220981
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil Social conditions 20th century; Brazil Economic conditions 20th century; Brazil Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Autos and progress
• ISBN: 0-19-979874-5; 1-282-66126-4; 9786612661266; 0-19-972127-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961748403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II