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City of walls : crime, segregation, and citizenship in São Paulo / Teresa P.R. Caldeira.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caldeira, Teresa Pires do Rio.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Brazil--São Paulo.
- Crime.
- Segregation--Brazil--São Paulo.
- Segregation.
- Social classes--Brazil--São Paulo.
- Social classes.
- Urban anthropology--Brazil--São Paulo.
- Urban anthropology.
- Police--Brazil--São Paulo.
- Police.
- São Paulo (Brazil)--Social conditions.
- São Paulo (Brazil).
- Brazil--São Paulo.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 487 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- This pioneering study of fear, crime, and segregation in Sao Paulo poses essential questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary democratic societies. Focusing on Sao Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, Caldeira identifies new patterns of segregation developing in these cities, and suggests that these patterns are appearing in many metropolises.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-453) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520221427
- 0520221435
- OCLC:
- 43694302
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