WASHINGTON LUIS E MODERNIZAÇÃO DE BATATAIS

São Paulo: Annablume Editora; FAPESP, 2005. tbls., bibl., wrps. At the end of the 19th was a tremendous boom in "São Paulo that attracted a numer of foregin migrantes and immigrants to the Mogiana district. The author writes of this dynamic atmosphere of change when studying the beginning of the career of Washington Luis, who led the great push for modernization in architecture and planning. He invested and developed the urban infrastructure.