Böcker av Francisco Vidal (Universidade de Sao Paulo) Luna

The most detailed social history of Brazil to date, this book is the first to examine all aspects of the region's transition from a predominantly rural and illiterate society in 1950, to an urban, industrialized one. An indispensable resource for scholars and students of Brazilian and Latin American politics and history.

Since 1960, Brazil has become a major producer of agricultural products and one of the most important agricultural exporters in the world. Feeding the World provides a detailed account of this transformation, drawing heavily on historical and economic social science research.

This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day.

This book is designed as a basic introduction to contemporary Brazil from a recent historical perspective and is one of the first such comprehensive surveys of recent Brazilian history and development - the shift, in effect, from a pre-modern to a modern economy and society - in any language.