Janice E. Perlman papers, 1960-2007

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Summary

Creators:
Perlman, Janice E.
Abstract:
Writings, studies, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to urban poverty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, internal migration in Brazil, and urban poverty elsewhere in the developing world. In part, used as research material for Perlman's books The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro (Berkeley, 1976) and Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro (Oxford University Press, 2010).
Extent:
152 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders (65.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Portuguese and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Janice E. Perlman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, studies, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to urban poverty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, internal migration in Brazil, and urban poverty elsewhere in the developing world. In part, used as research material for the book by Janice E. Perlman, The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro (Berkeley, 1976). Includes several hundred questionnaire responses of favela dwellers in Rio de Janeiro in 1969.

Incremental materials include Perlman's 2008 follow up interviews with favela community members that were published her in Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Biographical / historical:

American political scientist.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2015.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Janice E. Perlman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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