Originally published in 1981 as part of the Urbanization in Developing
Countries series, Latin American Urbanization presents an in-depth look
at a process of social change in an important region of the Third World.
In this study, Professors Butterworth and Chance concentrate on the
rural-urban migration of the lower classes and the adaptation of
migrants to city life. They examine the rural, peasant and proletarian
communities from which the migrants have come and to which they often
remain loyal even after many years of urban residence. Drawing together
in a coherent manner studies from several disciplines such as
demographic, sociocultural, economic and political dimensions of
urbanization, this book will interest a variety of scholars in the
social sciences and the humanities.