Brazil: A Century of Change (Latin America in Translation) (Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução)

Brazil: A Century of Change (Latin America in Translation) (Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução)

by Robert N. Anderson (Translator)

Synopsis

Brazil 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 life, history, and culture and offers insight into Brazil's development over the past century. The 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. A foreword by Jerry Davila highlights the volume's contributions for a new, English-reading audience.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 392
Edition: 1
Publisher: University North Carolina Pr
Published: 15 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0807859273
ISBN 13: 9780807859278

Media Reviews
[A] lucid compilation of essays . . . immerse[s] readers in the nation's history, culture, population changes, and political, social, and concentrated wealth changes. . . . It is notable that Brazilian academics and policy makers who have been principle figures in Brazilian administrative life wrote 11 of the 12 essays. Their applied insights show in these candid and articulate summaries, which ultimately advocate for alterations of the national reality for the present century. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice


Extremely valuable to scholarship.--The Latin American Review of Books


The volume will serve especially well in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars . . . . Highly recommended.--EIAL


Presents the collective wisdom of a group of prominent intellectuals and policy makers as they reflect on the path Brazil traversed in the twentieth century.--Latin American Research Review

Author Bio
Ignacy Sachs is professor at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris. Jorge Wilheim is a Brazilian architect, planner, and former government official. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro is professor of political science at the University of Sao Paulo. Translator Robert N. Anderson is associate professor of Portuguese at Winston-Salem State University.