{"product_id":"carlos-lacerda-brazilian-crusader-9780292723733","title":"Carlos Lacerda Brazilian Crusader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaywright, journalist, and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil''s foremost orator in the 20th century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over. In the words of eminent historian José Honório Rodrigues, 'No one person influenced the Brazilian historical process as much as Carlos Lacerda from 1945 to 1968.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, the first of a two-volume biography, Professor Dulles paints a portrait of a rebellious youth, who had the willfulness of his prominent father and who crusaded for Communism before becoming its most outspoken foe. Recalling Lacerda''s rallying cry, 'Brazil must be shaken up,' Dulles traces the career of the journalist whose unsparing attacks on the men in power led authorities to imprison him and employ thugs who pummeled him physically. The story covers events in which Lacerda helped alter Brazil, such as the redemocratization in 1945 and his reve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Son of Maurício (1914–1931)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Crusader for Communism (1931–1939)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Crusader for Democracy (1939–1945)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV. Indefatigable Columnist (1946–1949)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart V. Director of a New Newspaper (1949–1953)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VI. Dethroner of Vargas (1953–1954)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermission. Journalist and Orator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VII. Advocate of an Emergency Regime (1955–1956)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VIII. UDN Leader in Congress (1957–1959)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IX. Backer of Quadros (1959–1960)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart X. Candidate for Governor (1960)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue. Governor-Elect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources of Material\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400858542423,"sku":"9780292723733","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292723733.jpg?v=1730471762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/carlos-lacerda-brazilian-crusader-9780292723733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}