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Sweet Fuel traces the Brazilian industry's growth from the 1930s to the 2000s. The book examines the political investment and associated environmental and social costs that transformed Brazilian ethanol into a unique solution to the energy crisis of the 1970s and later a global solution to the climate crisis of the twenty-first century.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Text and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Early Sugar and Ethanol Policy, 1933-1959
- Chapter 2: Sugar, Ethanol, and Development, 1959-1975
- Chapter 3: Proálcool, 1975-1985
- Chapter 4: Lakes of Sacrifice: Ethanol and Water Pollution
- Chapter 5: Proálcool, Caneworkers, and the Guariba Strikes of 1984
- Chapter 6: Proálcool Reimagined, 1985-2003
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Jennifer Eaglin is an assistant professor of environmental history/sustainability at The Ohio State University. Her dissertation won the Lewis Hanke Award of the Conference on Latin American History.
Summary
Sweet Fuel traces the Brazilian industry's growth from the 1930s to the 2000s. The book examines the political investment and associated environmental and social costs that transformed Brazilian ethanol into a unique solution to the energy crisis of the 1970s and later a global solution to the climate crisis of the twenty-first century.
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Jennifer Eaglin's book Sweet Fuel offers a detailed historical analysis of Brazil's precocious and often destructive ethanol industry... In six chapters constructed from government documents, industry archives, regional newspapers and trade journals, Eaglin orients readers to the historical politics of Brazilian ethanol, some of the sector's critical actors, and the environmental and labor effects of the public-private partnerships behind the industry... Sweet Fuel is an important addition to the literature on Brazil's twentieth century modernization and industrialization politics. It also makes significant contributions to the history of sugarcane inside and outside Brazil. The book deserves the attention of scholars broadly interested in climate change and the history and politics of alternative energy sources.
