Um historiador entre duas cidades: Richard Morse, de Nova York a São Paulo

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  • Ana Claudia Veiga de Castro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.5938

Abstract

Richard Morse (1922-2001) published the book From community to metropolis, the biography of São Paulo, in 1954, in celebration of the fourth centenary of the city. The book, now a classic, was conceived between his training in the United States and his field research in São Paulo. This article intends to draw parallels between the urban and cultural conditions of Sao Paulo and New York in the 40’s and 50’s and the narrative structure of the book, pointing out that Morse brings form America to the formulation of the problem faced in the thesis - the urban evolution from community to metropolis - and that he makes in the search experience in a city undergoing metropolis.

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Sede Lisboa