Urban Latin America: The Political Condition from Above and Below

by John H. Walton and Alejandro Portes

Book Overview

Much research on the city in developing societies has focused mainly on one of three areas--planning, demography, or economics--and has emphasized either power elites or the masses, but not both. The published literature on Latin America has reflected these interests and has so far failed to provide a comprehensive view of Latin American urbanization. Urban Latin America is an attempt to integrate research on Latin American social organization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729618
• ISBN13: 9780292729612
• Release Date: March 1976
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"