Cover; Contents ; List of Maps; List of Figures; A Note on Translation; Preface; Introduction: In Search of Things Past: Mapping Rio ; 1. At the Centre of an Imperial Capital: Swamps, Yellow Fever, and Gypsy Parties; 2. A Master on the Periphery of a Periphery: Popular Music, Streetcars, and the Republic; 3. Beyond the Belle Époque: On the Border of a 'Divided City'; 4. Afro-Jewish Quarter and Modernist Landmark; 5. Writing the 'Cradle of Samba': Race, Radio, and the Price of Progress; 6. 'It's (Mostly) All True': The Death of a Neighbourhood and the Life of Myths
Conclusion: The Future Revisited: Where Has the Past Gone and Where Will it Go?Acknowledgements; Works Cited; Index
Summary
A timely and original cultural history of Rio de Janeiro
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-226) and index