Vargas and Brazil new perspectives / edited by Jens R. Hentschke.
| Other author | Hentschke, Jens R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | xiv, 306 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies of the Americas |
| Contents | The Vargas era institutional and development model revisited: themes, debates, and lacunas: an introduction / J.R. Hentschke -- The origins of an "enigma": Getúlio Vargas between Rio Grande do Sul's decaying coronelismo and the genesis of the interventionist state before the 1930 revolution / Gunter Axt -- Civicscape and memoryscape: the first Vargas regime and Rio de Janeiro / Daryle Williams -- "All for São Paulo, all for Brazil": Vargas, the Paulistas, and the historiography of twentieth-century Brazil / James P. Woodard -- The military and the dictatorship: Getúlio, Góes, and Dutra / Frank D. McCann -- Vargas era social policies: an inquiry into Brazilian malnutrition during the Estado Novo (1937-45) / John J. Crocitti -- Defending Ordem against Progresso: The Brazilian political police and industrial labor control / Oliver Dinius -- Vargas on film: from the newsreel to the chanchada / Lisa Shaw -- "I choose this means to be with you always": Getulio Vargas's Carta Testamento / Thomas D. Rogers -- Myth and Memory: Getúlio Vargas's long shadow over Brazilian history / Jerry Dávila. |
| Review | "Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives unites scholars from Brazil, the United States, and Europe, who draw on a close re-reading of the literature, hitherto unavailable or unused sources, and a wide array of methodologies, to shed new light on the political changes and cultural representations of Vargas's regimes, thereby exploring why he meant so many different things to different people."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006045323 |
| ISBN | 9781403973917 |
| ISBN | 1403973911 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |