Dansk
Mollona, Massimiliano
(forfatter)
Brazilian Steel Town e-bog
265,81 DKK
Volta Redonda is a Brazilian steel town founded in the 1940s by dictator Getlio Vargas on an ex-coffee valley as a powerful symbol of Brazilian modernization. The city's economy, and consequently its citizen's lives, revolves around the Companha Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the biggest industrial complex in Latin America. Although the glory days of the CSN have long passed, the company still cont…
Volta Redonda is a Brazilian steel town founded in the 1940s by dictator Getlio Vargas on an ex-coffee valley as a powerful symbol of Brazilian modernization. The city's economy, and consequently its citizen's lives, revolves around the Companha Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the biggest industrial complex in Latin America. Although the glory days of the CSN have long passed, the company still controls life in Volta Redonda today, creating as much dispossession as wealth for the community. Brazilian Steel Town tells the story of the people tied to this ailing giant - of their fears, hopes, and everyday struggles.
E-bog
265,81 DKK
Forlag
Berghahn Books
Udgivet
04.11.2019
Længde
334 sider
Genrer
1KLSB-BR-DC
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781789204346
Volta Redonda is a Brazilian steel town founded in the 1940s by dictator Getlio Vargas on an ex-coffee valley as a powerful symbol of Brazilian modernization. The city's economy, and consequently its citizen's lives, revolves around the Companha Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the biggest industrial complex in Latin America. Although the glory days of the CSN have long passed, the company still controls life in Volta Redonda today, creating as much dispossession as wealth for the community. Brazilian Steel Town tells the story of the people tied to this ailing giant - of their fears, hopes, and everyday struggles.