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A Backlands Saints in the Big City: Urban Transformations of the Padre Cícero Tales

1991; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 33; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0010417500017199

1475-2999

Candace Slater,

Latin American Urban Studies

The massive and ongoing exodus to cities from the countryside, a fact of life throughout Latin America today, includes Brazil. Although as late as 1960 that nation was a primarily agricultural country, over two-thirds of the population presently live in urban centers.