Format:
1 online resource (293 pages)
ISBN:
9780822377498
,
0822377497
Content:
A century in the present tense : crisis, politics, and the intellectual history of Brazil's informal cities / Brodwyn Fischer -- In and out of the margins : urban land seizures and homeownership in Santiago, Chile / Edward Murphy -- Troubled oasis : the intertwining histories of the Morro dos Cabritos and Bairro Peixoto / Bryan McCann -- Compadres, vecinos, and bróderes in the barrio : kinship, politics, and local territorialization in urban Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers -- The informal city : an enduring slum or a progressive habitat? / Emilio Duhau -- The favelas of Rio de Janeiro / Ratão Diniz -- Informal cities and community-based organizing / Sujatha Fernandes -- Threshold markets : the production of real-estate value between the favela and the pavement / Mariana Cavalcanti -- Toxic waiting : flammable Shantytown revisited / Javier Auyero.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822355182
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cities from scratch Durham [u.a.] : Duke Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9780822355182
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822355335
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Lateinamerika
;
Armut
;
Stadt
;
Slum
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1215/9780822377498
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822377498?locatt=mode:legacy
