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The Economic and Social History of Brazil Since 1889
Francisco Vidal Luna
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Description for The Economic and Social History of Brazil Since 1889
paperback. This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. Num Pages: 454 pages, 162 b/w illus. 6 maps 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
454
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107616585
SKU
V9781107616585
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About Francisco Vidal Luna
Francisco Vidal Luna received his PhD in Economics in 1980 from the Universidade de São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil, where he also was Professor of Economics until 1997. Author of some 50 articles and papers and 11 books on Brazilian economic history and the Brazilian economy, he has been an academic, a government administrator, and a banker. Herbert S. ... Read more
Reviews for The Economic and Social History of Brazil Since 1889
'Brazil … [is] already the seventh largest economy in the world and is poised to become the fifth largest by mid-century. And yet, to foreigners it remains a broadly exotic country … Part of the reason why [it] remains a known unknown to the world at large is the lack of an authoritative account of the historical trends that have ... Read more