This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier ...
Now brought up to date in a new edition, Brazil traces the history of Brazil over the last 500 years. Considered one of the most lively and informative of it's kind, this text employs a political and economic narrative while still including relevant information on society and culture. Beginning with the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Alvares Cabral, ...
This is an account of contemporary Brazil and its problems and opportunities as one of the major Third World powers which has occupied an increasingly prominent role on the world stage. As a sequel to Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964 , which ended with the overthrow of the legitimate government of Joao Goulart by a military coup, it picks up the ...
A thorough study of Brazilian politics from 1930 to 1964, this book begins with Getulio Vargas' fifteen-year-rule - the latter part of which was a virtual dictatorship - and traces the following years of economic difficulty and political turbulenece, culminating in the explosive coup d'etat that overthrew the constitutional government of President ...
Twelve media analysts draw on new public opinion data, viewer surveys and content analysis to examine the power and limitations of television in the new democratic era in Latin America. Case studies include examinations of three presidential campaigns: Mexico 1988, Brazil 1989 and Argentina 1989.
This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier ...
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