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_bFIS
100 _aFischer, Brodwyn & Others Eds
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245 _aCities from scratch : poverty and informality in urban Latin America
260 _aLondon
_bDuke University Press
_c2014
300 _av,293p.
505 _aContents 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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