ANTONIO PEDRO TOTA is Professor on the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

LORENA B. ELLIS is Professor of German at Queensborough College of CUNY.

DANIEL J. GREENBERG is Director of the Latin American Studies Program and Associate Professor of History at Pace University.

The Office of the Coordinator of InterAmerican Affairs
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The United States of Brazil in the United States of America
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Chapter Three The BoogieWoogie in the Favela or the Brazilian Attraction to the American Standard of Living
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Conclusion Americanization Was Not Imitation
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Notes 121

Bibliography
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Illustration Credits 153

Name Index
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Following completion of the U.S. air base in Natal, Brazil, in 1942, U.S. airmen departing for North Africa during World War II communicated with Brazilian mechanics with a thumbs-up before starting their engines. This sign soon replaced the Brazilian tradition of touching the earlobe to indicate agreement, friendship, and all that was positive and good—yet another indication of the Americanization of Brazil under way during this period.