Brazil (Hardcover)

Brazil 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.   In 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.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Polity Histories
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Joel Wolfe
Dimensions:	175 x 122 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-5095-4775-3
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-5095-4775-4
Barcode:	9781509547753

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