This book analyzes Brazil's economy and politics from 1930, when the Brazilian industrial revolution began, up to July 1983. It addresses the period of strong development in Brazil between 1930 and 1961, and discusses at length the import-substitution model of industrialization.
In this first English-language edition of a book that has seen thirteen printings in Brazil, Dr. Bresser Pereira analyzes Brazil's economy and politics from 1930, when the Brazilian industrial revolution began, up to July 1983.