Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil.- From State Intervention to a Free Market.- Introduction.- PART 1.- STATE INTERVENTION IN THE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL.- State intervention in the chain of production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on the development of the sector between the 1930s and 1980s.- PART II.- THE GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF IN THE 1990S: THE BREAK AND THE LEARNING CURVE.- The...