Father of the Poor?: Vargas and His Era

by Robert M. Levine

Book Overview

This book examines the life and times of Get?lio Vargas, Brazilian dictator and president for most of the period from 1930 to 1954. It asks how Vargas' legacy influenced Brazil, and to what extent his social legislation affected people's lives. Vargas ignored individual rights and devoted as much effort to manipulating workers as to benefiting them. He did not perceive the unequal distribution of power as a problem that needed to be solved. Although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585287
• ISBN13: 9780521585286
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"