Author : Bryan R. Roberts
Release : 1978
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Cities of Peasants by : Bryan R. Roberts
Download or read book Cities of Peasants written by Bryan R. Roberts. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph examining economic implications and social implications of capitalist urbanization in Latin America - discusses trends in urban development and underdevelopment during historical colonialism, industrialization, rural migration and change in the agrarian structure, etc., and analyses social stratification and social mobility, interdependence between the modern industrial sector and the informal sector (small scale industry), poverty and working class marginality, etc. Bibliography pp. 178 to 199 and statistical tables.