{"product_id":"a-tropical-belle-epoque-jeffrey-d-needell-9780521126014","title":"A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-Of-The-Century Rio de Janeiro","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey D. Needell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521126010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521126014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d","brand":"Jeffrey D. Needell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054841262335,"sku":"9780521126014","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03d02cd2-6e48-48b0-b8dd-639d7bf0257d.jpg?v=1685032308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tropical-belle-epoque-jeffrey-d-needell-9780521126014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}