Brazil Slide Series: Collection Favela, Slide No. 0008.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

A favela among upper/middle class apartments and houses in Rio de Janeiro. No one knows how many people live in such shanty towns, but their numbers increase dramatically as the nation becomes more urbanized, and large numbers of immigrants flood the major cities in search of employment.Favela entre apartamentos e casas da classe média alta do Rio de Janeiro. Não se sabe quantas pessoas vivem nessas cidades de barracos, mas o número delas cresce dramaticamente à medida em que a nação se toma mais urbanízada e um grande número de imigrantes invade as maiores cidades à procura de emprego.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994