Description For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities.
In this book, seven eminent scholars look at the similar but nevertheless divergent courses taken by Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro,.
That transformation--inextricably tied to rising globalization--changed almost everything for nearly everybody: production, politics, and daily lives.
After 1950, explosive Urbanization led to unprecedented urban majorities around the world.
Description For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities