»very well researched and accessibly written.«
Reference & Research Book News, May 2008

»This is an accurate historical and political study of institutional change and education policy in Vargas's Brazil at both national and regional levels. Hentschke combines insights obtained from archival research, interviews, and a vast secondary literature with a rigorous theoretical analysis and fluent style. This work undoubtedly fills a lacuna in the research on Brazil's education system. It is a remarkable and original contribution to the academic debate on Brazil's rocky way towards development.«
Gilberto Calcagnotto, German Institute of Global and Area Studies