Brazil

Brazil, the largest of the Latin American nations, is fast becoming a potent international economic player as well as a regional power. This English translation of an acclaimed Brazilian anthology provides critical overviews of Brazilian life, history, and culture and insight into Brazils development over the past century. The distinguished essayists, most of whom are Brazilian, provide expert perspectives on the social, economic, and cultural challenges that face Brazil as it seeks future directions in the age of globalization.All of the contributors connect past, present, and future Brazil. Their analyses converge on the observation that although Brazil has undergone radical changes during the past one hundred years, trenchant legacies of social and economic inequality remain to be addressed in the new century. A foreword by Jerry Dvila highlights the volumes contributions for a new, English-reading audience.The contributors are Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, Cristovam Buarque, Aspsia Camargo, Gilberto Dupas, Celso Furtado, Afrnio Garcia, Celso Lafer, Jos Seixas Loureno, Renato Ortiz, Moacir Palmeira, Paulo Srgio Pinheiro, Ignacy Sachs, Paulo Singer, Herv Thery, and Jorge Wilheim.