Capitalismo Dependente e Classes Sociais na América Latina

by Florestan Fernandes

A reedição de Capitalismo dependente e classes sociais na América Latina ocorre em momento oportuno, quando a América Latina vive tempos de exacerbação do nacionalismo e de repúdio à hegemonia econômica dos Estados Unidos. O clássico de Florestan Fernandes ajuda a compreender essa situação por meio de uma lúcida análise de suas origens históricas.

Genres: Nonfiction

122 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

sociologist and politician.

He came from a poor family with his mother being a "washerwoman." In youth he took a series of odd jobs and had an erratic education until he attended the university in 1941. In 1945 he graduated and by 1964 was a full professor in sociology. In that same year he won the Prêmio Jabuti. In 1969 he fled to Canada for political reasons and began to teach at the University of Toronto. In 1973 he returned to Brazil and became involved in the Partido dos Trabalhadores. At 75 he died of an embolism.

Reviews

[Ronaldo Lima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uma síntese magistral de todas as estruturas e dinâmicas que formaram a superexploração da América Latina, livro seminal que abriria portas para outras análises mais profundas de outros autores e do próprio Florestan Fernandes