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the paper Dos cortiços às favelas e aos edifícios de apartamentos - a modernização da moradia no Rio de Janeiro (from cortiços to favelas to apartment buildings - the modernization of housing in Rio de Janeiro) by Lilian Fessler Vaz provides a detailed history of the type of housing in metropolitan rio de janeiro from early 19th century, rich in detail and with housing schematics at the end of the study.