Build a Mill, Build a City, Build a School: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Education in Ciudad Guayana

by Noel F. McGinn and Russell G. Davis

The book opens with a brief description of patterns of industrialization and urbanization in Latin America. The authors then shift to consider the economy of the Venezuelan Gyayana development zone, which spawned the city that bears the region's name. Industrialization and rapid urban growth have created educational complexities and opportunities, and most of Part I of the book focuses on the Ciudad Guayana's future and the schools. Part II describes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262130521
• ISBN13: 9780262130523
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.