Brazil: A century of change

Ignacy Sachs, Jorge Wilheim, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Robert N. Anderson, Jerry Dávila

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Abstract

Brazil, the largest of the Latin American nations, is fast becoming a potent international economic player as well as a regional power. This English translation of an acclaimed Brazilian anthology provides critical overviews of Brazilian life, history, and culture and insight into Brazil's development over the past century. The distinguished essayists, most of whom are Brazilian, provide expert perspectives on the social, economic, and cultural challenges that face Brazil as it seeks future directions in the age of globalization. All of the contributors connect past, present, and future Brazil. Their analyses converge on the observation that although Brazil has undergone radical changes during the past one hundred years, trenchant legacies of social and economic inequality remain to be addressed in the new century. A foreword by Jerry Davila highlights the volume's contributions for a new, English-reading audience. The contributors are Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, Cristovam Buarque, Aspasia Camargo, Gilberto Dupas, Celso Furtado, Afranio Garcia, Celso Lafer, Jose Seixas Lourenco, Renato Ortiz, Moacir Palmeira, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Ignacy Sachs, Paulo Singer, Herve Thery, and Jorge Wilheim.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBrazil
Subtitle of host publicationA Century of Change
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
Pagesvii-xix
ISBN (Print)9780807831304
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

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