Shawn William Miller (Utah Brigham Young University)

The Street Is Ours

Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using an environmental approach, this book offers a compelling history of the impact of automobiles on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. It demonstrates how the streets as a common space have changed from a place of celebration, play, and piety into a place prioritized for automative movement.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Latin American Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 53g
• ISBN-13: 9781108447119
• ISBN-10: 1108447112
• Artikelnr.: 58409853

Autorenporträt

Shawn William Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Brigham Young University. He is an environmental historian and the author of An Environmental History of Latin America (Cambridge, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: a common space to enjoy
Paquetá Island; 1. Systems circulatory before the wheel
Ouvidor Street; 2. The street's apotheosis
Central Avenue; 3. Putting the car in carnival
Rio Branco Avenue; 4. A blunt instrument
Misericórdia Square; 5. Automotive law and the promises of safety
Assembly Street; 6. Buyers and regrets
Praça Onze (Square Eleven); 7. Automotive flow vs. automotive storage
Castelo Hill; Conclusion: revolutions at the end of the street
Brasilia.