Cities from scratch : poverty and informality in urban Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Fischer, Brodwyn M. (Editor), McCann, Bryan, 1968- (Editor), Auyero, Javier (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Slums > Latin America. Urban poor > Latin America. Marginality, Social > Latin America. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.