New World cities :: challenges of urbanization and globalization in the Americas /

"For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities. After 1950, explosive urbanization led to unprecedented urban majorities. That transformation--inextricably tied to rising globalization--changed almost everything for nearly everybody. New Worl...

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Weitere Verfasser: Tutino, John, 1947- (HerausgeberIn), Melosi, Martin V., 1947- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:"For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities. After 1950, explosive urbanization led to unprecedented urban majorities. That transformation--inextricably tied to rising globalization--changed almost everything for nearly everybody. New World Cities looks at six metropolises during the twentieth century--Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Houston--exploring the challenges of explosive urbanization and the gains and limits of popular politics"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469648767
1469648768
9781469648774
1469648776

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