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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
Old men of various ethnic origins chatting in the plaza in downtown Sao Paulo. By 1890, Sao Paulo was only the fourth largest city with a little more than 60,000 inhabitants, compared to Rio de Janeiro's half million. With the expansion of the manufacturing sector, which boomed due to a shortage of European products as a result of World War I, the city was flooded with new immigrants. By 1920, Sao Paulo had nearly 580,000 inhabitants, making it the second city behind Rio's 1.1 million. By the 1950s, Sao Paulo overtook Rio and became one of the fastest growing cities in the world.Homens idosos de várias origens étnicas conversando numa praça no centro de São Paulo. Pelos anos de 1890 São Paulo era somente a quarta maior cidade, com um pouco mais de 60.000 habitantes, comparado com o meio milhão do Rio de Janeiro. Com a expansão do setor manufatureiro, o qual explodiu devido a uma falta de produtos europeus durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, a cidade encheu-se de novos imigrantes. Pelo ano de 1920, São Paulo tinha perto de 580.000 habitantes, tornando-a a segunda cidade, depois do Rio, com seus 1.1 milhão de habitantes. Ao redor de 1950 São Paulo ultrapassou o Rio e se tornou uma das cidades que mais cresce no mundo.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
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 1991
Keywords
Brazil: Sao Paulo
