Cities of Hope
Subtitle: People, Protests, and Progress in Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
Contributors: Ronn Pineo (Editor); James A. Baer (Editor)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780813324432
Subjects: Social history; Urban communities; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Urban Politics And Problems; Urban Sociology; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Central America; South America; General; Latin America; Working class; Sociology - Urban; City and town life; Political activity; Urbanization
First sentence: "Of all the South American capitals, Bogota has remained the most backward, and it cannot be compared with Caracas, Lima, Santiago, or Buenos Aires."