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Rights of Way to Brasília Teimosa: The Politics of Squatter Settlement
Charles Fortin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
The site of Recife's Brasília Teimosa favela emerged as a flash point of economic and political interests in the 1930s and the scene of subsequent strife into the 1980s. The name of this district is a contemptuous allusion to the new capital of Brazil, with its forward-thinking planning policies and urban design, in stark contrast to the favela. This concise account unearths events surfacing through periods of revolution, dictatorship, populism, Cuban Communism, the 1964 military coup d'etat and crackdown to the amplified reverberation of civil society voices and engagement decades later. Shifting ideologies and jolting transitions between regimes directly affected ... Read more
The site of Recife's Brasília Teimosa favela emerged as a flash point of economic and political interests in the 1930s and the scene of subsequent strife into the 1980s. The name of this district is a contemptuous allusion to the new capital of Brazil, with its forward-thinking planning policies and urban design, in stark contrast to the favela. This concise account unearths events surfacing through periods of revolution, dictatorship, populism, Cuban Communism, the 1964 military coup d'etat and crackdown to the amplified reverberation of civil society voices and engagement decades later. Shifting ideologies and jolting transitions between regimes directly affected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196868
SKU
V9781845196868
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About Charles Fortin
Charles J. Fortin is former Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Program of Urban and Regional Development, Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil; Evaluation Officer with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C.; and Peace Corps Volunteer in a favela in the State of Bahia, Brazil.
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