Vertiginous Life: Bilingual Edition

by João do Rio

Book Overview

Rio de Janeiro in 1911 was a venerable city in a new republic just a generation old. The people of Rio felt as new as the new century. A new culture of immigration and education blossomed. New technologies of machinery--Automobiles Airplanes --advanced with blinding speed. Feminism Advertisement Democracy Global travel New journalism Tea, slander, migrant camps, uppity servants Life in Rio de Janeiro was dizzying. Vertiginous.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998543608
• ISBN13: 9780998543604
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: New London Librarium
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"