Ronald H. Chilcote is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is a founder and managing editor of the bimonthly journal Latin American Perspectives and is the author or editor of more than two dozen major books.

'The history of Brazil in the twentieth century is also the history of its public intellectuals. Ronald H. Chilcote fully understands how culture and politics were intertwined in Brazil, and he has written an extraordinary book on these Brazilian intellectuals, which is also a critical interpretation of how Brazil changed from an oligarchical society to a vibrant although unequal democracy.' Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Emeritus Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation

• Introduction: the intellectual in theory and practice; 1. Intellectuals and political thought in twentieth-century Brazil; 2. Developmental nationalism and the Rio movement; 3. Nationalism and Marxism in the São Paulo movement; 4. Capitalism and the bourgeois revolution: understanding development and underdevelopment; 5. The pursuit of democracy; Conclusion.

Ronald H. Chilcote is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is a founder and managing editor of the bimonthly journal Latin American Perspectives and is the author or editor of more than two dozen major books.

'The history of Brazil in the twentieth century is also the history of its public intellectuals. Ronald H. Chilcote fully understands how culture and politics were intertwined in Brazil, and he has written an extraordinary book on these Brazilian intellectuals, which is also a critical interpretation of how Brazil changed from an oligarchical society to a vibrant although unequal democracy.' Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Emeritus Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation

• Introduction: the intellectual in theory and practice; 1. Intellectuals and political thought in twentieth-century Brazil; 2. Developmental nationalism and the Rio movement; 3. Nationalism and Marxism in the São Paulo movement; 4. Capitalism and the bourgeois revolution: understanding development and underdevelopment; 5. The pursuit of democracy; Conclusion.

Ronald H. Chilcote is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is a founder and managing editor of the bimonthly journal Latin American Perspectives and is the author or editor of more than two dozen major books.

'The history of Brazil in the twentieth century is also the history of its public intellectuals. Ronald H. Chilcote fully understands how culture and politics were intertwined in Brazil, and he has written an extraordinary book on these Brazilian intellectuals, which is also a critical interpretation of how Brazil changed from an oligarchical society to a vibrant although unequal democracy.' Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Emeritus Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation

• Introduction: the intellectual in theory and practice; 1. Intellectuals and political thought in twentieth-century Brazil; 2. Developmental nationalism and the Rio movement; 3. Nationalism and Marxism in the São Paulo movement; 4. Capitalism and the bourgeois revolution: understanding development and underdevelopment; 5. The pursuit of democracy; Conclusion.