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Seabrook, Jeremy

In the cities of the South : scenes from a developing world / Jeremy Seabrook - London : Verso Books, 1996. - viii , 303 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:
1. Myths of the Megacities;
2. Urbanization: the Making of a Transnational Working Class. Malaysia;
3. Migrants to the City. Bangkok. The Cycle Rickshaw Drivers of Dhaka;
4. Bombay in the Nineties. Dharavi I. Dharavi II;
5. People of the City I. The Exile, Bangkok. The Poet, Dhaka. The Child, Bombay;
6. Labour in the Cities. Jakarta. The Garment Sweatshops of Bangkok. The Garment Workers of Dhaka;
7. People of the City II. The Intellectual, Jakarta. The Industrialist, Dhaka. The Migrant Worker, Bangkok. The Refugee, Bangkok;
8. Ho Chi Minh City: Back to Saigon;
9. The Ruined Hinterland: Kerpan, Malaysia;
10. Slums and Settlements. Mirpur, District Six, Dhaka. Klong Toey, Bangkok. Quezon City, Metro-Manila. Relocating the Urban Poor, Bangkok;
11. Cities of the Rich;
12. Children in the City. Bangkok. Dhaka;
13. Night People;
14. Urbanizing the Plantation Workers, Malaysia. The Estate. The Township;
15. A Tale of Two Cities;
16. City Views;

ISBN: 9781859849866

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization - Developing Countries
Social Conditions - Cities & Towns

Dewey Class. No.: 307.760900 / SEA