“Civilizing” Rio : : Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889–1930 / / Teresa Meade.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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