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Riots in the Cities
The goal of Riots in the Cities, editors Silvia Marina Arrom and Servando Ortoll contend, is to encourage Latin Americanists to rethink standard notions of urban politics before the populist era. The actual political power wielded by the underprivileged city dwellers before the twentieth century has received little scholarly attention or has been downplayed. Researchers often described urban inhabitants as having little influence over both their lives and on the politics of their day. The elite were perceived as having firm control over the political process. The seven essays in this reader analyze urban riots that broke out in major Latin American population centers between 1765 and 1910. I...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Sociology in Latin America
The book,Sociology in Latin America ,deals with three areas-rural sociology demography-and the study of Latin American Societies.The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the study of population,rural and urban societies and gerontology in various less developed and developing countries of Latin AmericaThis book is a valuable source indicatin the influence of history,cultural conflict and the dynamics of modernization and industrialization on various social institution.
Cities Of Hope
This book brings together new research, analysis, and comparison on the dawn of modern urbanization in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Latin America. It offers a sense of what life was like for the urban residents examining the conditions they confronted and exploring their experiences.
Alone Together
Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, Alone Together shows that while the divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time together. The authors argue that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the changes that have occurred in society, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement.
