David Yee

Informal Metropolis

Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940-1976

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Produktbeschreibung

Informal Metropolis uncovers how a former lake bed on the edge of Mexico City grew into the worldâ s largest shantytownâ Ciudad Nezahualcà yotlâ and rethinks the relationship between urban space and inequality in twentieth-century Mexico.

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Produktdetails

• Confluencias
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781496240460
• ISBN-10: 1496240464
• Artikelnr.: 69729338

Autorenporträt

David Yee is an assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Modernist Metropolis
Chapter 1: Mexico City at a Crossroads
Chapter 2: Mass Housing in the Mexican Metropolis
Part II: The Origins of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Chapter 3: Land Politics on the Periphery
Chapter 4: Auto-Construcción in Ciudad Neza
Part III: The Echeverría Years
Chapter 5: Mortgaging the Revolution: The Early Years of Infonavit
Chapter 6: Strike: The Democratic Opening on the Urban Frontier
Chapter 7: Fineza and Land Regularization
Chapter 8: Serve the People: Liberation Theology in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index