Partial Inventory of the Janice E. Perlman papers
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Title: Janice E. Perlman papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-2007
Collection Number: 2015C24
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Portuguese and English
Physical Description:
152 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders
(65.7 Linear Feet)
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).
Creator:
Perlman, Janice E.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Janice E. Perlman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
American political scientist.
Scope and Content of Collection
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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Urban poor
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Social conditions
Brazil -- Social conditions
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 1-13
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 14-33
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 34-50
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 51-69
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 70-84
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 85-100
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 126-141
1969
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O Impacto Da Experiência Urbana, Numbers 142-150
1969
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Incremental Materials
Processing Information
These incremental materials were processed to a baseline standard that employs an accession inventory for description. An
accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection with no attempt at intellectual arrangement. The depth
of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the
materials were acquired.
box 122
Includes: Research Methods Copies, Marginals by place for random sample, B-4 Salvador, Bahia, IPE Report on Migration, regional
and urban growth in Brazil, etc.
2001-2008
Scope and Contents
This box contains newspaper clippings, notes, research data, and print-outs of powerpoint presentations. The following is
a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Phase III Results"; "Mega Cities clippings."
box 123
Includes: Research Methods Copies, Marginals by place for random sample, B-4 Salvador, Bahia, IPE Report on Migration, regional
and urban growth in Brazil, etc.
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains reports, notes, research data, and print-outs of powerpoint presentations. The following is a list of original
enclosure titles contained in the box: "Al Pacile Final Report"; "Rio Re-Study."
box 124
1999-2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains notes, research data, and print-outs of powerpoint presentations. The following is a list of original enclosure
titles contained in the box: "MCP Papers"; "Rio Re-Study As of December 2004"; "Rio Re-Study 2005 Work."
box 125
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains research data and notes. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Brazil
Research, codebook, findings"; "Frequencies: Phases II and III."
box 126
1969-2001
Scope and Contents
This box contains notes, surveys, contracts, and newspaper clippings. The following is a list of original enclosure titles
contained in the box: "Original Rio Study"; "Claude and Rob contracts with Mega Cities."
box 127
1970-2003
Scope and Contents
This box contains notes, maps, and newspaper clippings. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in
the box: "News Clippings"; "Data and Sampling for Catacumba, Nova Brasilia, Caxias."
box 128
2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains survey materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Dictionary
of Variables and Codebooks."
box 129
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains survey materials and maps. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "The
Dynamics of Urban Poverty: Phase III"; "In depth interviews."
box 130
1969-2001
Scope and Contents
This box contains newspaper clippings and survey materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Impact of Urban Experience"; "Clippings."
box 131
1969-2002
Scope and Contents
This box contains newspaper clippings and survey materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Impact of Urban Experience"; "News Clippings Rio."
box 132
1967-2000
Scope and Contents
This box contains notes, data, and survey materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the
box: "Impact of Urban Experience"; "Favela Field Notes"; "Sampling Frames"; "Caxias"; "Albergue, Serfau, Acao, Cenpha, Brian
Berry, etc."
box 133
1968-2000
Scope and Contents
This box contains data, survey materials, and printed matter. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Codebook for Life History Matrix"; "Rio Re-Study Questionnaire and originals"; "Mega Cities."
box 134
1969-2001
Scope and Contents
This box contains data, survey materials, and completed questionnaires. The following is a list of original enclosure titles
contained in the box: "Nova Brasilia"; "Originals"; "Catacumba."
box 135
1999-2006
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires, reports, and survey materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles
contained in the box: "Report on findings from Rio Re-Study."
box 136
1999-2008
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires, reports, and notes. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Interviews with NGO Leaders" ; "Handwritten notes."
box 137
1999-2004
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires, reports, and notes. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Handwritten notes" ; "Pre-Teste."
box 138
1980-2000
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires and printed matter. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Catacumba Lidere/Amostra Aleatoria" ; "Mega-Cities Materials."
box 139
1969-2004
Scope and Contents
This box contains books. The following is a list of titles contained in the box: "Politica e Valores"; "Rio en Resumen";
"Estetica da ginga"; "A Voz Do Cidadao"; "Espelho de Venus"; "Dados de Realidade Braisileira"; "Cidadania Justica e Violencia."
box 140
1975-2005
Scope and Contents
This box contains books. The following is a list of titles contained in the box: "Ciencia e Probreza no Seculo XXI"; "Cabela
de Porlo"; "Movimientos sociales urbanos"; "Sorria Voce ESta Na Rocinha"; "Arquitetura Pesquisa y Projeto"; "Pobreza no Brasil";
"Quando a Rua Vira Casa."
box 141
1969-2015
Scope and Contents
This box contains reports and completed questionnaires. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in
the box: "Contextual Data" ; "The Impact of Urban Experience Documentation"; "Duque de Caxias."
box 142
1980
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Names
and Addresses" ; "Relocation Summaries Caxias."
box 143
1980
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Relocation
Summaries Caxias"; "Relocation Summaries Leaders (3 Comm.)"; "Relocation Summaries, Catacumba."
box 144
1980
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "Relocation
Summaries, Catacumba"; "Relocation Summaries, Nova Brasilia."
box 145
1980-2002
Scope and Contents
This box contains completed questionnaires and printed matter. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Relocation Summaries, Nova Brasilia." Print materials contained in the box: "Violencia, Sociedade e Cultura";
"Ministerio Das Cidades Programas e Acoes"; "Cadastro de Referencias Urbanas Zona Leste."
box 146
1986-2009
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "Trilhas
para o Rio"; "O Rio Pensa o Brasil"; "Deficit Habitacional No Brasil 2000"; "Trabalhar, verbo transitivo"; "Projeto Sao Paolo";
"The Brazilian Quandary"; "Vilas cariocas: Estudos de caso."
box 147
1963-2000
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "3
visoes de cidade"; "Drogas: Qualidade de Vida e Cidadania"; "O Futuro Das Metropoles: Desigualdades e Governabilidade"; "Hay
Gobierno?"; "Sete Anos Do Real"; "Seminario: Cidade Anos 90"; "Juventude, cultura e cidadania."
box 148
1964-2014
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "Debates
Urbanos 2: Violencia e Cidade"; "Brasil, cidades: alternativas para a crise urbana"; "Noticias do Tempo Presente"; "Reducao
da Pobreza e Dinamicas Locais"; "Impactos Ambientais Urbanos no Brasil"; "Rio de Janeiro: Perfis de Uma Metropole em Mutacao";
"A Maquina e a Revolta: As organizacoes populares e o significado da pobreza."
box 149
1972-2009
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "O
Modelo Politico Brasileiro"; "Ecologia Urbana e Poder Local"; "Instrumentos e Experiencias de Regulaizacao Fundiaria nas Cidades
Brasileiras"; "Projetos Estrategicos Alternativos para o Brasil"; "Novela Bufa do Ufanismo em Concreto"; "Violencia e Rotina
nas Favelas do Rio de Janeiro."
box 150
1980-2015
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "A
Escola e o Favela-Bairro"; "O Paradoxo Do Olhar"; "Seguranca Trafico e Milicias"; "Habitar a Cidade: Favela"; "Guia Gastronomico
Das Favelas do Rio"; "Las areas protegiadas de America Latina: Situacion actual y perspectivas para el futuro."
box 151
1988-2002
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "Sobre
a Cidade: habitacao e democracia no rio de janeiro"; "Sao Paulo: Crise e Mudanca"; "Capitulos da Memoria do Urbanismo Carioca";
"Rio 97: O Mercado de Trabalho no Rio de Janeiro"; "The Challenge of an Urban Continent"; "Parcerias Estado-Sociedade Civil
nos Servicos Publicos: O Modelo Das Organizacoes Sociais."
box 152
1965-2000
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "Escola,
Galeras e Narcotrafico"; "A cidade do pensamento unico"; "Cidade Partida"; "Dualizacao e Reestruuracao Urbana: O Caso do Rio
de Janeiro"; "Direito a Cidade e Meio Ambiente"; "Historia does movimentos e Lutas Sociais."
box 153
1978-2001
Scope and Contents
This box contains books and printed matter. The following is a list of book and publication titles contained in the box: "O
Funk e o Hip-Hop indavem a cena"; "Agencias reguladoras e reforma do estado no Brasil"; "Democracia hoje"; "Associativismo
e Participacao Popular"; "Reforma Urbana"; "Passa-se uma casa."
box 154
1978-2014
Scope and Contents
This box contains newspaper clippings and print materials. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Rio Re-Study Clippings."
box 155
1969-1999
Scope and Contents
This box contains maps and a book.
Audiovisual material
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Digital materials
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 CDs and 4 floppy disks.
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