Brazil - A New Regional Power in the World Economy

Klappentext Becker and Egler examine and review the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy. Zusammenfassung Becker and Egler examine and review the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy. They trace this development from the country's origins as a Portuguese colony to its status as a regional power in Latin America and the eighth-largest world economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. The ambivalence of an emerging power; 2. The incorporation of Brazil into the world-economy: from colony to national industrialisation; 3. The world-economy and Brazil's regions; 4. The rise of Brazil as a regional power in the world-economy; 5. The legacy of conservative modernisation and territorial restructuring; 6. Crisis and dilemmas of the regional power; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Bertha K. Becker, Bertha K. Egler Becker, Claudio A. G. Egler
• Assisted by: John Agnew (Editor), Peter Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.1992
• EAN: 9780521379052
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37905-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Geography of the World-Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous