Brazilian Agricultural Development, 1890–1950

Earl Richard Downes (1947–2024) 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.

• 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 Brazil’s Agricultural Education.- Chapter 7: Epitácio 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 Republic’s 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.