{"product_id":"the-rio-de-janeiro-reader-history-culture-politics-9780822360063","title":"The Rio de Janeiro Reader: History, Culture, Politics","description":"Spanning a period of over 450 years, \u003ci\u003eThe Rio de Janeiro Reader\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history, culture, and politics of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through the voices, images, and experiences of those who have made the city's history. It outlines Rio's transformation from a hardscrabble colonial outpost and strategic port into an economic, cultural, and entertainment capital of the modern world. The volume contains a wealth of primary sources, many of which appear here in English for the first time. A mix of government documents, lyrics, journalism, speeches, ephemera, poems, maps, engravings, photographs, and other sources capture everything from the fantastical impressions of the first European arrivals to the complaints about roving capoeira gangs, and from sobering eyewitness accounts of slavery's brutality to the glitz of Copacabana. The definitive English-language resource on the city, \u003ci\u003eThe Rio de Janeiro Reader\u003c\/i\u003e presents the \"Marvelous City\" in all its complexity, importance, and intrigue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaryle Williams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and the author of \u003ci\u003eCulture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amy Chazkel is Associate Professor of History at the City University of New York, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and the author of \u003ci\u003eLaws of Chance: Brazil's Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paulo Knauss is Professor of History at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Niterói, Brazil) and the author of \u003ci\u003eRio de Janeiro da pacificação: Franceses e portugueses na disputa colonial\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413526155538,"sku":"9780822360063","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_929b3586-369d-4515-b051-2d43b5d1face.jpg?v=1729354910","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rio-de-janeiro-reader-history-culture-politics-9780822360063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}