Title Lula and his politics of cunning : from metalworker to president of Brazil / John D. French

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (508 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Long View -- 1 Lula's Apotheosis -- PART I: ORIGINS AND ROOTS -- 2 Beyond the Parrot Perch -- 3 Dreaming Mobility -- 4 A Tale of Two Brothers -- 5 The Caterpillar and the Machine -- 6 The Immediatism of Everyday Life -- 7 Years of Living Dangerously -- PART II: FROM LUIZ INACIO INTO LULA -- 8 Boomers: Building Modernity -- 9 The Apprentice -- 10 Little Fish in a World of Sharks -- 11 Children of Fear -- 12 Becoming Lula -- PART III: LULA, THE PEONS OF ABC, AND THE PURSUIT OF THE PRESIDENCY 13 Peons Aroused -- 14 The Birth of Lula's Charisma -- 15 Without Fear of Being Happy -- 16 Coach, Player, and Statesman -- 17 The President, a Man of His Words -- Conclusion: A Victim of His Successes -- Afterword: Toward a Biographical Pivot -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary "Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate migrant parents in northeastern Brazil. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship-and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his eight-year administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political enemies see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Lula, 1945- SUBJECT Lula, 1945- Lula, 1945- fast Subject Presidents -- Brazil -- Biography Politicians -- Brazil -- Biography Labor leaders -- Brazil -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political Labor leaders Politicians Politics and government Presidents Social conditions SUBJECT Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016593 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006000639 Brazil -- Social conditions -- 20th century Brazil -- Social conditions -- 21st century Brazil -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008387 Brazil -- History -- 21st century Subject Brazil Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Project Muse. distributor. LC no. 2020013710 ISBN 1469655780 9781469655789 9781469655772 1469655772

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