Publication

1994 - Editora da Universidade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

37,250 words, Guess

Page Count

149 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL939666M
  • ISBN-108570253230
  • OCLC Control Number35723267
  • Library of Congress Control Number95831319
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  • LibraryThing267363

Classifications

  • LCCHC190.P6 P47 1994

Description

"Broad treatment, based on extensive archival and newspaper research, of development of an urban working class in late-19th-century Porto Alegre. Details difficult living and working conditions of the poor and development of group identity and class consciousness. Also looks at elite reform campaigns meant to 'moralize' the lower orders"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryUrban poorWorking classSocial MarginalityUrban poor -- Brazil -- History.Working class -- Brazil -- History.Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- History.

Places

Series Statement

  • Síntese rio-grandense ;

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