TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luna, Francisco Vidal, 
AU  - Klein, Herbert S., 
TI  - The economic and social history of Brazil since 1889
SN  - 9781107616585 (paperback)
U1  - 330.981 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - HISTORY / Latin America / General.
KW  -  bisacsh
KW  - Brazil
KW  -  Economic conditions
KW  -  1918-
KW  -  Economic policy
KW  -  Social conditions
KW  -  1889-
KW  -  Social policy
KW  -  Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-419) and index; Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The old world republic 1889-1930; 2. The Vargas period 1930-1945; 3. Formative democracies and military interregnum 1945-1985; 4. Consolidated of democracy since 1985
N2  - "This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day. The authors elucidate the basic trends that have defined modern Brazilian society and economy. In this period Brazil moved from being a mostly rural traditional agriculture society with only light industry and low levels of human capital to a modern literate and industrial nation. It has also transformed itself into one of the world's most important agricultural exporters. How and why this occurred is explained in this important survey"--
ER  -