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Spanning a period of over 450 years, The Rio de Janeiro Reader
traces the history, culture, and politics of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, through the voices, images, and experiences of those who
have made the city's history. It outlines Rio's transformation from
a hardscrabble colonial outpost and strategic port into an
economic, cultural, and entertainment capital of the modern world.
The volume contains a wealth of primary sources, many of which
appear here in English for the first time. A mix of government
documents, lyrics, journalism, speeches, ephemera, poems, maps,
engravings, photographs, and other sources capture everything from
the fantastical impressions of the first European arrivals to the
complaints about roving capoeira gangs, and from sobering
eyewitness accounts of slavery's brutality to the glitz of
Copacabana. The definitive English-language resource on the city,
The Rio de Janeiro Reader presents the "Marvelous City" in all its
complexity, importance, and intrigue.
Spanning a period of over 450 years, The Rio de Janeiro Reader
traces the history, culture, and politics of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, through the voices, images, and experiences of those who
have made the city's history. It outlines Rio's transformation from
a hardscrabble colonial outpost and strategic port into an
economic, cultural, and entertainment capital of the modern world.
The volume contains a wealth of primary sources, many of which
appear here in English for the first time. A mix of government
documents, lyrics, journalism, speeches, ephemera, poems, maps,
engravings, photographs, and other sources capture everything from
the fantastical impressions of the first European arrivals to the
complaints about roving capoeira gangs, and from sobering
eyewitness accounts of slavery's brutality to the glitz of
Copacabana. The definitive English-language resource on the city,
The Rio de Janeiro Reader presents the "Marvelous City" in all its
complexity, importance, and intrigue.
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