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Brazilian Railway Culture
Brazilian Railway Culture examines the cultural relationship Brazil has had with its railways since tracks were first laid by British, American and French engineers in the nineteenth century. ‘Railway’ and ‘Brazil’ are words not often found in the same sentence. Yet each year over seven hundred million passengers are carried by train in the major urban centres, and tens of thousands of visitors enjoy heritage steam rides at over a dozen restored lines and museums. Brazilian Railway Culture starts from the premise that Brazilian society and culture is not just samba, football and sex. The book takes a journey through Brazilian cultural output from 1865 to the present day, examining no...
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Brazilian railroads
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Trens na memória
Cenários de implantação das ferrovias no mundo, a partir do século XIX, projetos e construções das pioneiras estradas férreas no Brasil, incluindo-se entre elas as do Rio Grande do Sul, constituem o mote desta narrativa. No Rio Grande do Sul foram determinantes para a superação do agrarismo e cruciais como meio de modernidade tecnológica, já na primeira metade do século XX. Em tal contexto, a cidade de Santa Maria se constituiu no seu principal polo de serviços, como local de oficinas e interseção de linhas, onde transitavam trens de todos os quadrantes. Trens que fizeram a diferença positiva no progresso nacional e sul-rio-grandense. Por isso, eles ainda povoam nossas memórias e fazem parte dos nossos bons sentimentos.
