TY  - GEN
AU  - Fischer, Brodwyn & Others Eds
TI  - Cities from scratch : poverty and informality in urban Latin America
SN  - 9780822355335
U1  - 307.3364 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Duke University Press
KW  -  
N1  - Contents
Introduction /​ Brodwyn Fischer  1
1. A century in the present tense : crisis, politics, and the intellectual history of Brazil's informal cities /​ Brodwyn Fischer 9
2. In and out of the margins : urban land seizures and homeownership in Santiago, Chile /​ Edward Murphy  68
3. Troubled oasis : the intertwining histories of the Morro dos Cabritos and Bairro Peixoto /​ Bryan McCann  102
4. Compadres, vecinos, and bróderes in the barrio : kinship, politics, and local territorialization in urban Nicaragua /​ Dennis Rodgers   127
5. The informal city : an enduring slum or a progressive habitat? /​ Emilio Duhau  150
6. The favelas of Rio de Janeiro /​ Ratão Diniz (with captions by Bryan McCann)  170
7. Informal cities and community-based organizing : the case of the Teatro Alameda /​ Sujatha Fernandes   185
8. Threshold markets : the production of real-estate value between the "favela" and the "pavement" /​ Mariana Cavalcanti  208
9. Toxic waiting : flammable Shantytown revisited /​ Javier Auyero.  238
Bibliography   263
Contributors   285
Index  287
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