Brazil a century of change /

• Other Authors: Sachs, Ignacy., Wilheim, Jorge, 1928-, Pinheiro, Paulo Sérgio de M. S.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
• Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. Brasiliana collection.
• Subjects: Twenty-first century > Forecasts.; Twenty-first century.; HISTORY.; Brazil > Civilization > 20th century.; Brazil > Forecasting.; Brazilië.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Translated from the Portuguese.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 364 p.) : ill., maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780807894118 (electronic bk.); 0807894117 (electronic bk.)

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.