New World cities challenges of urbanization and globalization in the Americas / edited by John Tutino & Martin V. Melosi.
| Other author | Tutino, John, 1947- |
| Other author | Melosi, Martin V., 1947- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] |
| Description | xii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Americas in the twentieth-century world: challenges of urbanization and globalization / John Tutino -- Power, marginality, and participation in Mexico City, 1870-2000 / John Tutino -- The arc of formality in twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro / Bryan McCann-- Boom, echo, and splinter: citizenship and growth in Greater Buenos Aires / Mark Healey -- Montreal in the twentieth century: trajectories of a city under strains / Mich©·le Dagenais -- Generations of segregation: immigrant dreams and segregated lives in metropolitan Los Angeles / George J. Sanchez -- Energy capital and opportunity city: Houston in the twentieth century / Joseph a. Pratt and Martin V. Melosi -- Spatial, temporal, and institutional influences in New World cities / Martin V. Melosi. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018031798 |
| ISBN | 9781469648743 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781469648750 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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