{"product_id":"brazil-hardback-9781509547753","title":"Brazil (Hardback) 9781509547753","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBrazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoel Wolfe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509547753, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.3 x 11.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wolfe deftly examines Brazil’s complicated economic and political history to explain its current opportunities and challenges. A welcome volume for the general public and specialists alike.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Diacon, Kent State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An important and lucid exploration of history, memory, and politics, Wolfe's fast-paced and engaging account shows how aspirations bolstered and ideology undermined Brazil’s two-hundred-year struggle to create a multicultural democracy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Cox Richardson, Boston College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joel Wolfe’s excellent short history of Brazil with an emphasis on the past century is a wonderful introduction for anyone interested in this fascinating country.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshall C. Eakin, Vanderbilt University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrazil has long been an enigma to outsiders. Over the last two decades alone, Latin America’s largest and most populous country has been celebrated as a vibrant new democracy with a powerful economy, and derided as a nation in complete disarray heading toward the status of a failed state.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this vibrant and smart book, Joel Wolfe tells the story of this “incomplete nation” and its two-hundred-year-old struggle to control its vast national territory and to fashion and maintain a functioning democracy against a backdrop of intense inequality, racial discrimination, and regional rivalries.  From independence to the abolition of slavery, from scarring military dictatorship to the election of President Bolsonaro – the “Tropical Trump” – and his defeat by former President Lula da Silva, the author weaves a rich portrait of a country fighting against the odds to overcome the long-standing and seemingly intractable problems that have, for most of its history, hindered national unity and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Tropical Liberalism (1840-1930)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The Failed March to Modernity (1930-1964)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Chaotic Democracy (1985-1994)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Triumph of Social Democracy (1993-2010)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Great Unraveling (2011-)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441808797976,"sku":"9781509547753","price":45.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509547753.jpg?v=1785026386","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/brazil-hardback-9781509547753","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}