New World Cities : Challenges of Urbanization and Globalization in the Americas /

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"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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Other Authors: Melosi, Martin V., 1947- (Editor), Tutino, John, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urbanization > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Political aspects.
Civilization.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Amerique.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique > Amerique.
Urbanisation > Aspect politique > Amerique.
Globalization > Social aspects > America.
Globalization > Political aspects > America.
Urbanization > Political aspects > America.
America.
Amerique > Politique et gouvernement.
Amerique > Civilisation.
America > Politics and government.
America > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9781469648774

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