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The end of a tradition; culture change and development in the municipio of Cunha, São Paulo, Brazil

Title
The end of a tradition; culture change and development in the municipio of Cunha, São Paulo, Brazil, by Robert W. Shirley.
Author
Shirley, Robert W.
Publication
New York, Columbia University Press, 1971.

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Description
304 pages illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Summary
Field study of cultural change and social change in the town of cunha in sao paulo state, illustrating the effect of industrial development in a traditional community in Brazil - reveals the extent to which urban development has changed the economy, politics, demography, religion, education, culture and social structure of nearby communities within a generation, leading to the disappearance of traditional culture in both the urban area and the surrounding area. Bibliography pp. 275 to 287, maps and statistical tables.
Series Statement
Institute of Latin American studies Columbia university
Subject
  • Economic history
  • Social conditions
  • cultural change
  • social change
  • town
  • industrial development
  • tradition
  • community
  • urban development
  • economy
  • politics
  • demography
  • religion
  • education
  • culture
  • social structure
  • traditional culture
  • urban area
  • statistical table
  • Antropologia Cult Social
  • Economic conditions > Brazil
  • Social conditions > Brazil
  • Politics and government, Local > Brazil
  • changement culturel
  • changement social
  • ville
  • développement industriel
  • communauté
  • développement urbain
  • économie
  • politique
  • démographie
  • éducation
  • structure sociale
  • culture traditionnelle
  • zone urbaine
  • tableau statistique
  • cambio cultural
  • cambio social
  • ciudad
  • desarrollo industrial
  • tradición
  • comunidad
  • desarrollo urbano
  • economía
  • política
  • demografía
  • religión
  • educación
  • cultura
  • estructura social
  • cultura tradicional
  • zona urbana
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Cunha (São Paulo, Brazil) > Social conditions
  • Cunha (São Paulo, Brazil) > Economic conditions
  • Cunha (São Paulo, Brésil) > Conditions sociales
  • Cunha (São Paulo, Brésil) > Conditions économiques
  • Brazil > Cunha (São Paulo)
  • Brazil
  • Brazil > Southern States
  • Euclides da Cunha (Brazil) > Social conditions
  • Euclides da Cunha (Brazil) > Economic conditions
  • Brésil
  • Brasil
  • Cunha, Brazil (Sao Paulo) Social conditions
Genre/Form
  • field study.
  • bibliography.
  • map.
  • étude sur le terrain.
  • bibliographie.
  • carte géographique.
  • estudio sobre el terreno.
  • bibliografía.
  • mapa.
Note
  • Revision of the author's thesis, Columbia University, 1967.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [275]-285.
ISBN
  • 0231031939
  • 9780231031936
LCCN
  • 76129535
  • SBRT5102908
OCLC
  • ocm00150468
  • 150468
  • SCSB-8977321
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library