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Scoones, Simon

Rio de Janeiro

61 pp. | Chelsea | November, 2006 | Library ISBN 0-7910-8857-X $30.00
(4) 4-6 Global Cities series. Photographs by Edward Parker. Readers are introduced to the history, culture, economy, environment, and challenges faced by this Brazilian city. Each section is dense with facts, reading like an encyclopedia entry, but the "case study" sidebars focusing on specific people or issues provide insider views. Well-captioned photographs, charts, graphs, and maps appear throughout the busy pages. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

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