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Voluntary Associations in Rio, 1870-1945: A New Approach to Urban Social Dynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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During the late Empire in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro society felt the stirrings of a new process, one which would seriously alter—and threaten—the traditional way of life in the city. In imitation of Europe, well-to-do citizens began forming voluntary associations for mutual aid and protection. The trend soon reached the middle and upper levels of the proletariat, whose organizations became labor unions. Most sectors of the urban society gradually organized around interest groups, and as the city surged into the new century with over a half-million people, occasional conflict marred the society of “conciliation and reform.” By the 1920s, with the sobering experiences of Europe, Russia, and Mexico in mind, thoughtful Brazilians called for conservative social policy to contain class conflict. Many blamed the excessive liberalism of republican government since 1889 and harked back to medieval institutions for bringing social peace.
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- Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 64 - 81
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- Copyright © University of Miami 1975
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