Shawn William Miller: 2 books
The Street Is Ours
Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
The streets of Rio de Janeiro have long been characterized as exuberant and exotic places for social commerce, political expression, and the production and dissemination of culture. The Street is Ours examines the changing uses and meanings of Rio de Janeiro's streets and argues that the automobile,...
by Shawn William Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
A narration of the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period that begins with Amerindian civilizations and concludes in the region's present urban agglomerations, the work offers an original synthesis of the current scholarship on Latin America's...