Favela : four decades of living on the edge in Rio de Janeiro /

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Author / Creator:	Perlman, Janice E.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 412 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Violent crimes -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Drugs -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Drugs. Poor. Slums. Violent crimes -- Social aspects. Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216163

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ISBN:	9780199709557 0199709556 9780195368369 0195368363
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	A billion people, almost half of all city dwellers in the developing world, live in squatter settlements. The most famous of these settlements are the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, which have existed for over a century and continue to outpace the rest of the city in growth. Janice Perlman's award-winning The Myth of Marginality was the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, and it is considered one of the most important books in global urban studies in the last 40 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom.
Other form:	Print version: Perlman, Janice E. Favela. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780195368369

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