{"product_id":"beyond-the-megacity-nadine-reis-9781487509101","title":"Beyond the Megacity: New Dimensions of Peripheral Urbanization in Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Megacity\u003c\/em\u003e connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins \u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e It develops the approach of \"peripheral urbanization \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e as a way to integrate the theoretical agendas belonging to global suburbanisms, neo-Marxist accounts of planetary urbanization, and postcolonial urban studies, and to move urban theory closer to the complexity and diversity of urbanization in the Global South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an interdisciplinary perspective, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Megacity\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the natures, causes, implications, and politics of current urbanization processes in Latin America. The book draws on case studies from various countries across the region, covering theoretical and disciplinary approaches from the fields of geography, anthropology, sociology, urban studies, agrarian studies, and urban and regional planning, and is written by academics, journalists, practitioners, and scholar-activists. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Megacity\u003c\/i\u003e unites these unique perspectives by shifting attention to the places, processes, practices, and bodies of knowledge that have often been neglected in the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadine Reis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487509103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487509101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.34d","brand":"Nadine Reis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066024587519,"sku":"9781487509101","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9165abca-e459-46a3-a416-4cb5a75b9d8f.jpg?v=1685404902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-megacity-nadine-reis-9781487509101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}