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1. Introduction -- 2. Nineteenth-century antecedents -- 3. From Arielismo to World War I -- 4. Good neighbourhood, Masificacion and urbanism -- 5. Developmentalism, modernism and planning -- 6. Between Cold War and third world -- 7. Dismantling a model -- 8. New century and old demons.

In this book Arturo Almandoz places the major episodes of Latin America's twentieth and early twenty-first century urban history within the changing relationship between industrialization and urbanization, modernization and development. This relationship began in the early twentieth century, when industrialization and urbanization became significant in the region, and ends at the beginning of the twenty-first century, when new tensions between liberal globalization and populist nationalism challenge development in the subcontinent, much of which is still poverty stricken. Latin America's twent.

On the basis of the theoretical and methodological postulates of cultural history, narrative, and micro-history, as well as of the emerging field of urban cultural history, the article addresses the representation of the city and of urbanization in Venezuelan literature. As part of a larger-scale project on the 20th century, the article focuses on the two decades following the overthrow of the Pérez Jiménez, dictatorship in 1958, which were characterized by democratic reconstruction and intense urban growth. The primary sources used are essays and novels. ; A partir de postulados teóricos y metodológicos sobre historia cultural, la narrativa y la microhistoria, el presente artículo intenta aproximarse, desde el emergente campo de la historia cultural urbana, a la representación de la ciudad y la urbanización en la literatura venezolana. Como parte de un proyecto de mayor alcance sobre el siglo xx, el artículo se concentra en las dos décadas posteriores a la dictadura de Pérez Jiménez, derribada en 1958, las cuales fueron de renovación democrática e intenso crecimiento urbano. Para tal aproximación, se toman como fuentes primarias el ensayo y la novela. ; A partir das presmissas teóricas e metodológicas sobre história cultural, a narrativa e a micro-história, of presente artigo tenta aproximar-se, a partir do emergente campo da história cultural urbana, à representação da cidade e a urbanização na literatura venezuelana. Como parte de um projeto de maior alcance sobre of século XX, o artigo se concentra nas duas décadas posteriores à ditadura de Pérez Jiménez, derrubada em 1958, as quais foram de renovação democrática e intenso crescimento urbano. Para tal aproximação, são utilizadas fontes primárias como o ensaio e a novela.