Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power

Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power
ISBN-10
0300165609
ISBN-13
9780300165609
Series
Brazil
Category
History
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
2014-05-27
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Michael Reid

Description

Examines the South American country that is destined to be one of the world's premier economic powers by the year 2030, and considers some of the abundant problems the nation faces.

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