Overview
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--
- | Author: John Tutino|Martin V. Melosi, John Tutino
- | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 344 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/History
- | ISBN-10: 146964875X
- | ISBN-13: 9781469648750
