Needell, Jeffrey D., author. aut

A tropical belle epoque : elite culture and society in turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro / Jeffrey D. Needell.

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

xviii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 62

This book, originally published in 1987, is a socio-cultural analysis of a tropical belle epoque: Rio de Janeiro between 1898 and 1914. It relates how the city's elite evolved from the semi-rural, slave-owning patriarchy of the coffee-port seat of a monarchy into an urbane, professional, rentier upper crust dominating the centre of a 'modernising' oligarchical republic. It explores such varied topics as architecture, literature, prostitution, urban reform, the family, secondary schools, and the salon. It evokes a milieu increasingly marked by Europe, demonstrating how French and English culture permeated the lives of elite members who adapted it to their needs and perspectives as a dominant stratum of relatively recent and varied origin. This exploration of cultural 'dependency' in a unique, cosmopolitan, fin-de-siecle urban culture will also interest those concerned with the broader questions of culture and colonialism during the high tide of European imperialism--Publisher's description.

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Elite (Social sciences) Brazil Rio de Janeiro History 19th century.
Élite (Sciences sociales) Brésil Rio de Janeiro Histoire 19e siècle.
Elite (Social sciences)
Manners and customs
Oberschicht
Kultur
Elites.
Geschichte (1898-1914)
Sozialgeschichte 1898-1914.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Social life and customs.
Río de Janeiro Vida social y costumbres Siglo XIX.
Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) Mœurs et coutumes.
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Elites, 1898-1914

History

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 62.

Elite culture and society in turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro

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