Съдържание:
  • First cars : curiosities of the elite
  • The coming of tropical modernity : automobiles and the question of nation
  • Americanism and Fordism : the search for a Brazilian El Dorado
  • Nationalist development : Getuƒlio Vargas and the integration of Brazil
  • The multinational solution : Juscelino Kubitschek and the national auto industry
  • From technocrats to democrats : automobility and citizenship
  • Epilogue: Tropical modernity in a globalized space.