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"Civilizing" Rio : reform and resistance in a Brazilian city, 1889-1930

Author: Teresa A Meade
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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 Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Teresa A Meade
ISBN: 0271016078 9780271016078 0271016086 9780271016085
OCLC Number: 34245049
Description: xi, 212 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Teresa A. Meade.

Abstract:

"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.

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