This book provides a comprehensive history of Brazilian agricultural economic development between 1890 and 1950. It details the US agricultural education that made an impact on Brazil and how this translated into private capital in the US. The book highlights the shifting priorities of Brazil's regional elites during the First Republic and takes readers through the its downfall in 1930. Chapters cover how US educators implanted the philosophy and practices of US agricultural education at the nations three most prominent university-level institutes of agronomist education. The history also documents the activist role played by the United States in the agricultural development of Brazil during an early part of the century, which was before the US was a world leader economically. Earl Richard Downes provides detailed documentation of the creation of the major agricultural education institutions in Brazil and their initial contributions to Brazils agricultural development. He also provides insight into the Brazilian federal government reaction to international crises with opportunities for profit through increased production for external markets. The resulting book breaks down the specific social and economic history that led to heightened economic development in a developing nation.
Chapter 1: The Brazilian Agricultural Reform Movement.
Chapter 2:
Agricultural Diversification and U.S. Ties: The Technicians.
Chapter 3: The
Range Cattle Industry.
Chapter 4: The Great War and Increased Production,
1914-1919.
Chapter 5: The U.S. Role in Promoting Increased Production.-
Chapter 6: Strengthening U.S. Ties to Brazils Agricultural Education.-
Chapter 7: Epitįcio Pessoa, Cotton and Beef.
Chapter 8: The Center-South
Adapts to New Agricultural Conditions.
Chapter 9: Education, Extension
Services and Mechanization, 1922-1930.
Chapter10: Elite Factionalism and the
Republics Downfall.
Chapter 11: Vargas: Institutional Restructuring,
1930-1937.
Chapter 12: Vargas: The Cotton Alternative and the United States,
1930-1937.
Chapter 13: The Estado Novo, Agriculture and the United States,
1937-1942.
Chapter 14: Wartime Agricultural Cooperation, 1942-1945.
Chapter
15: Industrialization and the Agricultural Revolution, 1945-1950.
Earl Richard Downes (19472024) was a military officer, private-sector activist, and civilian educator. He held a Bachelor of Science in Latin American Studies from the Air Force Academy, a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies, and a PhD in Latin American History. Downes dedicated his career to improving US-Latin American relations. He served as an Associate Professor of History and Director of Area Studies at the Air Force Academy and later as an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Florida International University. From 2006 to 2009, he was the Associate Dean of Academics at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at National Defense University. Earlier in his career, he was the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Universal Wireless.