Informal Metropolis

Informal Metropolis
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781496225924
ISBN-13 : 1496225929
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Book Synopsis Informal Metropolis by : David Yee

Download or read book Informal Metropolis written by David Yee and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal Metropolis uncovers how a former lake bed on the edge of Mexico City grew into the world's largest shantytown--Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl--and rethinks the relationship between urban space and inequality in twentieth-century Mexico.


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