Os pobres da cidade
Subtitle: vida e trabalho, 1880-1920
By: Sandra Jatahy Pesavento.
Edition: 1a ed.
Series: Síntese rio-grandense ;; 18-19
Publisher: Editora da Universidade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Porto Alegre, RS
Language: por
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Urban poor -- Brazil -- History.; Working class -- Brazil -- History.; Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- History.
Description: "Broad treatment, based on extensive archival and newspaper research, of development of an urban working class in late-19th-century Porto Alegre. Details difficult living and working conditions of the poor and development of group identity and class consciousness. Also looks at elite reform campaigns meant to 'moralize' the lower orders"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-149).