Street Matters : A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil /

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"Street Matters links urban policy and planning with street protests in Brazil. It begins with the 2013 demonstrations that ostensibly began over public transportation fare increases but quickly grew to address larger questions of inequality. This inequality is physically manifested across Braz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lara, Fernando Luiz (Author), Koury, Ana Paula (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
HISTORY / General
Urban policy.
Social movements.
Public spaces.
Equality.
City planning.
Politique urbaine > Bresil.
Mouvements sociaux > Bresil.
Espaces publics > Bresil.
Public spaces > Brazil.
Equality > Brazil.
Social movements > Brazil.
Urban policy > Brazil.
City planning > Brazil.
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. In the Beginning, there was Land
  • 2. Urbanism of Coroneis, Tenentes, and Bachareis
  • 3. Urban Policy Under Getulio Vargas
  • 4. Dark Clouds over the Cities
  • 5. Cities During the Lost Decade of the 1980s
  • 6. Cities and Protests in Lula's Years and Beyond
  • Searching for (In)conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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