Brazil, 1964-1985
The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2836652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hendrik Kraay (0000-0002-6796-4942, University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 555-556 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182168-6933930 |
| OpenAlex | W2883577914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Book Review| August 01 2018 Brazil, 1964–1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War Brazil, 1964–1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War. By Klein, Herbert S. and Luna, Francisco Vidal. The Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 196 pp. Cloth, $40.00. Hendrik Kraay Hendrik Kraay University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (3): 555–556. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933930 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Hendrik Kraay; Brazil, 1964–1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 August 2018; 98 (3): 555–556. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933930 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search A collaboration between two senior historians and longtime observers of Brazilian affairs, Brazil, 1964–1985 is a brief history of the country under dictatorship that focuses on the military regime's economic, social, and institutional reforms. The authors synthesize recent Brazilian scholarship and compellingly argue that the generals and their civilian allies implemented “a significant modernizing transformation in the Brazilian economy” that “left the country with the largest industrial establishment in Latin America and an agricultural sector that would eventually become a dominant world player” (p. 106). Moreover, the regime “significantly moved Brazil toward the universalization of education, pensions, and health care” (p. 138). Although the authors do not say so explicitly, their work provocatively implies that there was considerable continuity between the dictatorship and subsequent democratic regimes, including the social reformist Partido dos Trabalhadores governments of 2003–16. More conventionally, the authors argue that... Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press2018 You do not currently have access to this content
Economic history · Latin Americans · Political science · Scholarship · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |