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Dispossessed : life in our world's urban slums / Mark Kramer.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, c2006.Description: x, 219 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1570756589 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.3/364 22
LOC classification:
  • HD7287.96.D44 K73 2005
Contents:
1. Introductions are in order : meeting one billion squatters -- 2. Manila : urbanization in the global south -- 3. Nairobi : colonial city, then and now -- 4. Mexico City : no title, no land, no home -- 5. Bangkok : life in the shadows -- 6. Cairo : slum living conditions -- 7. Conclusion : knowing the dispossessed.
Review: "Dispossessed relates the very human, and very moving, stories of families living today on the fringes of Manila, Nairobi, Mexico City, Bangkok and Cairo. The people tell about their lives and struggles, their hopes and fears. Mark Kramer also introduces the reasons behind this growing urbanization and its far-reaching consequences."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219).

1. Introductions are in order : meeting one billion squatters -- 2. Manila : urbanization in the global south -- 3. Nairobi : colonial city, then and now -- 4. Mexico City : no title, no land, no home -- 5. Bangkok : life in the shadows -- 6. Cairo : slum living conditions -- 7. Conclusion : knowing the dispossessed.

"Dispossessed relates the very human, and very moving, stories of families living today on the fringes of Manila, Nairobi, Mexico City, Bangkok and Cairo. The people tell about their lives and struggles, their hopes and fears. Mark Kramer also introduces the reasons behind this growing urbanization and its far-reaching consequences."--BOOK JACKET.

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