Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil [electronic resource] : Crafting Modernity /
Peixoto-Mehrtens, C.author.
This book focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an important professional middle class prospered in the city of São Paulo and made lasting contributions to the development of modern Brazil.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public and private: crossed paths in the Paulista process of urban consolidation -- The dynamics of Paulista urban institutions in the 1930s -- The making of urban middle-class employees in the 1930s -- The symbolic construction of Paulista urban identity -- Politics and urban change: the Pacaembu Stadium.
This book focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an important professional middle class prospered in the city of São Paulo and made lasting contributions to the development of modern Brazil.
America—History.
Ethnology—Latin America.
International relations.
Political science.
Political economy.
World politics.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
International Relations.
Political Science.
International Political Economy.
Political History.