The Rio de Janeiro Reader

History, Culture, Politics

Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, Paulo Knauss de Mendonça (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2016
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-6006-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Daryle Williams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and the author of Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930–1945, also published by Duke University Press. Amy Chazkel is Associate Professor of History at the City University of New York, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and the author of Laws of Chance: Brazil's Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life, also published by Duke University Press. Paulo Knauss is Professor of History at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Niterói, Brazil) and the author of Rio de Janeiro da pacificação: Franceses e portugueses na disputa colonial.

A Note on Translations, Spelling, and Monetary Units xi

Place-Names and Way-Finding xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction: The Marvelous City 1

I. Colonial Rio 9

The Early Colonial Period, 1502–1720s

The Viceregal Period, 1763–1808

The Transfer of the Portuguese Court (1808–1820s)

II. Imperial Rio 73

The Independence Era, 1820s–1830s

A Neutral Municipality, 1834–1889

III. Republican Rio 139

The Federal District, 1889–1930

The Federal District, 1930–1960

IV. Recent Rio 235

The City and State of Guanabara, 1960–1975

After the Fusion, 1975–1980s

Contemporary Rio, 1990s–2015

Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 367

Acknowledgments of Copyrights and Sources 375

Index 383

Reihe/Serie	The Latin America Readers
Zusatzinfo	72 illustrations, incl. 11 in
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Südamerika ► Brasilien
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8223-6006-3 / 0822360063
ISBN-13	978-0-8223-6006-3 / 9780822360063
Zustand	Neuware