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Brazil under construction : fiction and public works
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- Creator
- Sophia Beal
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1299952305, 9781137322487, 1349458392, 1137322470, 9781349458394, 1137322489, 9781137322470
- OCLC
- ocn840937185, ocn868957199
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.
- An introduction to the fiction of public works -- Conquering the dark: literature, lighting, and public space in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1900s -- The spectacle of light: a public works company in southeastern Brazil (1906-1971) -- Brasília: the real and promised city in 1960s Brazilian literature -- Fiction and massive public works during the Brazilian military regime (1964-1985) -- São Paulo's failed public works in Ferréz's Capão pecado and Luiz Ruffatois Eles eram muitos cavalos