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Hard times in the marvelous city : from dictatorship to democracy in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro / Bryan McCann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCann, Bryan, 1968-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Slums.
- Poor--Political activity--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Poor.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This history explains how and why the favelas of Rio de Janeiro were able to resist demolition in the 1970s but succumbed to the drug wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
- Contents:
- The big picture
- Mobilization
- Reform
- The breaking point
- The unraveling.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822355380
- 0822355388
- 9780822377344
- 0822377349
- OCLC:
- 1145461238
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