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- ISBN 9780313259371
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 1994
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume provides extensive information on the urban experience in Latin America. Following a general overview, the work includes chapters devoted to urbanization in specific countries. Each chapter begins with an introduction providing geographic information and a survey of the nation's urban development, and then includes historical profiles of ninety selected cities, as well as maps. Thus, the work provides both national and city-specific perspectives. Chapters also provide a list of bibliographic resources, and the work is fully indexed.
GERALD MICHAEL GREENFIELD is Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He is the coeditor of Latin American Labor Organizations (Greenwood, 1987), selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book. His articles have appeared in leading scholarly journals, including Hispanic American Historical Review, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Latin American Studies, and Social Science History.
