Gilbert provides a useful, knowledgeable and sophisticated synthesis of the extremely complex problems of development facing the nations of Latin America. He examines economic, social and political factors that affect regional and national development and occasionally makes reference to comparative data on Africa and Asia. Compared to the work of most, his is definitely a macro-view.

Latin American Development: A Geographical Perspective

Business & Money

Gilbert, Alan

Economics

Penguin??Books

Most people in developing countries live in cities, and by the end of the decade only the poorest cities in Africa and Asia will be predominantly rural. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe the urbanization of poverty as well as reasons for migration to the city, urban survival skills, and the level of political involvement of migrants.

Cities, poverty, and development: Urbanization in the Third World

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

This study presents a comprehensive account of Third World urbanization. It discusses the evolution of Third World citie, the nature of urban and regional disparities within countries, the causes and patterns of rural-urban migration, the structure of urban labour markets and the lack of productive employment, the urban housing market and popular responses to it, urban ways of life and the adaption of migrants, various patterns of political conflict, and current issues in urban and regional planning.

Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World

Gugler, Josef

Most people in developing countries live in cities, and by the end of the decade only the poorest cities in Africa and Asia will be predominantly rural. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe the urbanization of poverty as well as reasons for migration to the city, urban survival skills, and the level of political involvement of migrants.

We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population—African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. Alan Gilbert asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Further, a movement led by sailors—both black and white—pushed strongly for emancipation on the American side. There were actually two wars being waged at once: a political revolution for independence from Britain and a social revolution for emancipation and equality. Gilbert presents persuasive evidence that slavery could have been abolished during the Revolution itself if either side had fully pursued the military advantage of freeing slaves and pressing them into combat, and his extensive research also reveals that free blacks on both sides played a crucial and underappreciated role in the actual fighting. Black Patriots and Loyalists contends that the struggle for emancipation was not only basic to the Revolution itself, but was a rousing force that would inspire freedom movements like the abolition societies of the North and the black loyalist pilgrimages for freedom in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone.

Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

History

Africa

University of Chicago Press

We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population—African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. Alan Gilbert asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Further, a movement led by sailors—both black and white—pushed strongly for emancipation on the American side. There were actually two wars being waged at once: a political revolution for independence from Britain and a social revolution for emancipation and equality. Gilbert presents persuasive evidence that slavery could have been abolished during the Revolution itself if either side had fully pursued the military advantage of freeing slaves and pressing them into combat, and his extensive research also reveals that free blacks on both sides played a crucial and underappreciated role in the actual fighting. Black Patriots and Loyalists contends that the struggle for emancipation was not only basic to the Revolution itself, but was a rousing force that would inspire freedom movements like the abolition societies of the North and the black loyalist pilgrimages for freedom in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone.

Americas

Latin America represents one of the richest and most complex regions of the world in terms of culture, history and politics. It cannot be understood without recognising the legacy of the Portuguese and Spanish rule. Despite over a century of independence, Latin America's most enduring characteristics - language, religion, land ownership, industrial patterns and social inequality - are rooted in its colonial past. This text describes the development of Latin America since the time of the conquistadores in the 16th century, interpreting Latin American development as the outcome of both external influences and internal dynamics. It covers a wide range of issues - agricultural development, rural conditions, land tenure, reform and colonialisation, industrialisation, the debt crisis, income distribution, employment and unemployment, migration, urban housing and services, class, race and gender, and the nature of Latin American politics - and sets them in their historical context.

Latin America (Routledge Introductions to Development)

Routledge

This ground-breaking work employs survey data and in-depth interviews to compile a detailed picture of landlords and tenants in developing countries. Focusing on Mexico the authors examine the state's housing policy, with its clear bias towards increasing home ownership, and explores the possibilities of improving the quality and increasing the stock of rented accommodation in the developing World.

Landlord and Tenant: Housing the Poor in Urban Mexico

Varley, Ann

Reference

Originally published in 1985, this book is concerned with the housing and service needs of the poor in Latin America and how they are articulated and satisfied. It examines the aims and implementation of government policies towards low-income housing dwellers and tries to relate those policies to the wider interests of the state. It discusses how the poor perceive the constraints on barrio servicing and improvement, their involvement in community organisations and the role the community and its leaders play in influencing state action. Since housing and servicing issues directly impinge on the interests of politicians, bureaucrats, landowners and real-estate developers, as well as on those of the poor, patterns of provision mirror closely the nature of the relationships between the poor and the wider urban society. The main theme of this book is thus the allocation of resources within urban society and the operation of political and administrative power at city level. The book will interest not only those concerned with housing and planning but also those who wish to understand social and economic policies towards the poor in most kinds of Third World city.

Housing, the State and the Poor: Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 50)

Ward, Peter M.

Cambridge University Press

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Latin American Development: A Geographical Perspective

Cities, poverty, and development: Urbanization in the Third World

Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World

Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World

Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World

Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

Latin America (Routledge Introductions to Development)

Landlord and Tenant: Housing the Poor in Urban Mexico

Housing, the State and the Poor: Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 50)