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"Civilizing" Rio : Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889-1930 /

A massive urban renewal and public-health campaign in the first decades of the nineteenth century transformed Brazil's capital into a showcase of European architecture and public works. The renovation of Rio, or ";civilization"; campaign, as the government called it, widened streets,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Meade, Teresa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Civilization
  • 2. The Features of Urban Life
  • 3. Sanitation and Renovation
  • 4. The Resistance
  • 5. Living and Working Conditions
  • 6. The General Strike
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index