Surviving in the City: The Urban Poor of Santiago De Chile, 1930-1970 (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Uppsala Studies in Economic History, 51)
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9789155448677
Subjects: Sociology - Urban; Social Science; Chile; Economic conditions; Interviews; Poor; Poverty; Santiago; Santiago (Chile); Sociology
Description: "This doctoral dissertation studies the survival patterns of the urban poor in Santiago, Chile, during a period of profound structural change - 1930-1970. The life histories of 54 interviewees are studied in the framework of the historical, economic, social and cultural conditions of the period. The results of the study vary with time, gender, age, geography, individuality, ideology, and chance."--BOOK JACKET.