"Civilizing" Rio
Subtitle: reform and resistance in a Brazilian city, 1889-1930
By: Teresa A. Meade.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Urban renewal -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History; Working class -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Political activity -- History; Social conflict -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History
Description: "Conflicts during the Old Republic between Rio de Janeiro's lower orders and their employers, the transit companies, and the state about the effects of 'modernization' resulted in many losses, but also a few victories for the poor. Such popular protests have been marginalized by a historiography that tends to label them 'pre-modern' and to privilege workplace organization and protest over community protest"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index.