Celso Furtado: Biography as a Resource in History Teaching: a biografia como recurso no ensino de História

This book analyzes the trajectory of Celso Furtado as a politician, economist, and intellectual, highlighting his participation in the formulation of proposals aimed at Brazil’s social and economic development between 1945 and 1964. Based on his biography, the work demonstrates how Furtado’s life and public action can be used as a didactic-methodological resource in History teaching. The study connects his intellectual formation, academic production, and work in institutions such as BNDE, SUDENE, and the Ministry of Planning, emphasizing his relevance to debates on developmentalism, underdevelopment, regional inequalities, and state planning. The book also discusses the challenges of History teaching and proposes biography as a way to bring students closer to historical processes, linking individual trajectories to broader political, economic, and social contexts in contemporary Brazil.