Verlag: R.R. Smith Publisher
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: London : Oxford University Press, 1969, 1967, 1969
ISBN 10: 0195007840 ISBN 13: 9780195007848
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. xviii, 446 pages : map ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0195007840; 9780195007848 LCCN: 67-20406 ; LC: F2538; Dewey: 320.981 ; OCLC: 9755147 ; A Galaxy book ; GB 271;".ollows three decades of democratic experimentation--and the rise and fall of constitutional government--in Brazil. Beginning with Getulio Vargas' fifteen-year rule and ending with the coup d'etat that ousted President Joao Goulart from office in 1964, Skidmore sets political events in the context of social and economic factors to show how the problems posed by economic expansion, an unfavorable trade balance, inequitable land distribution, and shifting political power have profoundly affected Brazil's growth and stability." ; Contents: The Vargas Era 1930-1945 - The end of the Estado Novo and the Dutra years - A new Vargas era 1951-1954 - Government by caretaker 1954-1956 - Year sof confidence, the Kubitschek era - Janio Quadros: agonizing interlude - Goulart in power: The deadlock prolonged - Brazilian democracy breaks down: 1963-1964 - The search for a new political order - The United States role in Joao Goulart's fall ; slight wear/mark on cover, else G. Book.
Verlag: Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio, 1949
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Conner, Mac; Forsberg, Howard; Harari; Johnston, Scott;Dwyer, James; Irvin, Fred; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Features: Sex and Love of God; I Had Polio; Princess Margaret O'Brien of Hollywood; The House That Dimes Built - How Frank Woolworth parlayed a gift of gab into an American institution; Animals are the Craziest People; They Call Him Mr. Baffle - Leslie L. (Biff) Biffle, Secretary of the Senate; Down in the Arctic - Jack Kastner, Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton, Ben Custer, Charles Wilcox and Jerome Scalise crash their plane in the Arctic; French Boxer Marcel Cerdan; Interesting back page opinion piece considers China's move to communism. Short Stories: The Loves of Martin; The Man of the House; Three Little Girls Wore Blue; The River; Martha and Her Dream Man; Ringside Maiden (part 5 of 8). Nice ads for: Studebaker Trucks (inside front cover), Zenith Televisions, Good Year Tires, RCA Victor audio products, Hudson cars (nice full-page color), Papst Blue Ribbon - one -page color ad featuring Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Pershing,Vitalis (featuring Buddy O'Connor, General Motors GM - two-page color, Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring color photo of Mrs. William E. Benjamin II, Spam (in color), Back cover color photo ad for Camel cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, January 29, 1949 - Child Actress Margaret O'Brien Sex and Love of God; I Had Polio; Princess Margaret O'Brien of Hollywood; The House That Dimes Built - How Frank Woolworth parlayed a gift of gab into an American.