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Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil
McCann's meticulously researched focus on this golden era in Brazilian radioincluding the role of individual radialistas, broadcasting and programming policy, the star system, studio shows and fan clubs-opens a wonderfully revealing window onto the actual fabric of everyday musical life during these decades. Far from disposing of this relationship as a struggle between assimilation and resistance, he argues, for example, that \"Downey contributed decisively to the growth of a domestic popular music industry strong enough to withstand foreign imports\" (p. 139), while Miranda's ability to manipulate competing symbolic systems and discourses of \"Brazilianness\" in her performances is held up as an example of \"transnational anthropophagy\" (pp. 132-3) or of tropicalismo avant la lettre.
Book Review
Brazil's Greater Carajas Programme
Brazil's Greater Carajas Programme will destroy vast tracts of tropical forest and shatter the way of life of 40 tribal groups. Yet the World Bank and the EEC continue to fund the project.
Magazine Article
The Militarization and Industrialization of Amazonia
Two massive programmes, Calha Norte and Grande Carajás, are set to destroy a large proportion of Brazilian Amazonia. The former programme is using 'national security' as an excuse to open up a vast area of Indian lands to mineral exploitation, and the latter is devastating huge tracts of Eastern Amazonia for pig iron smelters.
Magazine Article
Despite GM deal, analysts see tough times for Daewoo in U.S
General Motors $400 million purchase of Daewoo Motor Co's key assets appears likely to benefit GM in Korea and in emerging markets. Analysts say building Daewoo into a robust US competitor will be risky and expensive.
Journal Article
100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry
Group Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering Ford Motor Co. Age 56 Why did you want to work in the auto industry? First automotive job: I hired into Chrysler in 1978 in the institute of engineering. Proudest professional achievement: I really think that when you change companies, when you've grown up in one company and the culture, and you switch over to another company, to be recognized as a contributor and to really become part of that other team was a proud accomplishment for me.
Trade Publication Article