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02249aam a2200421 i 4500 001 936AF5D01DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 200320s2020 ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2020013710 020 $a 1469655764 020 $a 9781469655765 035 $a (OCoLC)1147889516 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-bl--- 050 00 $a F2538.5 L85 F74 2020 100 1 $a French, John D. $e author. 245 10 $a Lula and his politics of cunning : $b from metalworker to president of Brazil / $c John D. French. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 508 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis InaÌcio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate migrant parents in northeastern Brazil. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship-and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his eight-year administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political enemies see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Lula, $d 1945- 650 0 $a Presidents $z Brazil $v Biography. 650 0 $a Politicians $z Brazil $v Biography. 650 0 $a Labor leaders $z Brazil $v Biography. 651 0 $a Brazil $x Politics and government $y 1985-2002. 651 0 $a Brazil $x Politics and government $y 2003- 651 0 $a Brazil $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Brazil $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Brazil $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Brazil $x History $y 21st century. 600 07 $a Lula, $d 1945- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00087285 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105035743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=936AF5D01DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search