The Urban Caribbean : transition to the new global economy / edited by Alejandro Portes, Carlos Dore-Cabral, and Patricia Landolt.

Other author Portes, Alejandro, 1944-
Other author Dore y Cabral, Carlos.
Other author Landolt, Patricia.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University, [1997]
Descriptionxvii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
Urbanization--Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area--Economic conditions.
Caribbean Area--Social conditions.

Contents Studying Caribbean urbanization : an introduction to the comparative project / Alejandro Portes, Carlos Dore-Cabral, and Patricia Landolt -- Urbanization in the Caribbean basin : social change during the years of the crisis / Alejandro Portes, José Itzigsohn, and Carlos Dore-Cabral -- Costa Rica : dilemmas of urbanization in the 1990s / Mario Lungo -- Haiti : the popular sectors and the crisis in Port-au-Prince / Sabine Manigat -- Guatemala : the two faces of the Metropoltan area / Juan Pablo Pérez-Sáinz -- Dominican Republic : informal economy, the state, and the urban poor / Wilfredo Lozano -- Jamaica : urbanization during the years of the crisis / Derek Gordon, Patricia Anderson, and Don Robotham -- Coping with change : the politics and economics of urban poverty / Alejandro Portes and José Itzigsohn.
Local noteLittle-303393--305131009034T
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96035184
ISBN0801855179 (alk. paper)
ISBN0801855195 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HT384.C37 U695 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold