“More Brazilian Than Cachaça”
Brazilian Sugar-Based Ethanol Development in the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18965806 |
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| Authors | Jennifer Eaglin (0000-0002-4964-4523, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 927-943 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.25222/larr.28 |
| OpenAlex | W2994679380 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Today, Brazil has one of the most diverse energy systems in the world. The sugar-based ethanol industry plays a pivotal role in that achievement, yet scholars of energy development have focused little on ethanol. This article examines the history of the sugar-based ethanol industry from its beginning in the 1930s to the creation of the state-led program Proálcool (the National Ethanol Program) in 1975 and the ethanol-fueled car in 1979. This article demonstrates how federal and private actors connected nationalist goals of a modern, industrial Brazilian identity to ethanol in order to sustain the industry against the vagaries of the sugar market. Drawing from production data, the monthly sugar industry journal Brasil Açucareiro , newspapers, government funding applications for privately owned ethanol distilleries, and oral interviews, it highlights how the idea of a nationally developed technology and domestic industry etched a long-term place for the ethanol industry in the nation’s energy strategy
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| Highly cited | No |
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