Beyond the City : : Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America / / Felipe Correa.

During the last decade, the South American continent has seen a strong push for transnational integration, initiated by the former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who (with the endorsement of eleven other nations) spearheaded the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructu...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (178 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Shaping Resource Extraction
  • 1 A Regional Capital: Belo Horizonte
  • 2 A Mining Town Constellation: María Elena
  • 3 Petrol Encampments: Judibana and El Tablazo
  • 4 A New Industrial Frontier: Ciudad Guayana
  • 5 Pioneering Modernity: Vila Piloto
  • Epilogue. The Legacy of Resource Extraction Urbanism and the Future of the South American Hinterland
  • Notes
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX