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Development Encounters in Buenos Aires’ Affordable Housing, 1964-1973

Posted on 2. July 2018 by Global Urban History

By Leandro Benmergui, Purchase College-SUNY “To Enter into the Present” was the suggestive title of a 1971 booklet the Buenos Aires city government prepared for new residents of the Ciudad General Belgrano (CGB)—a housing complex of 3024 low-rise single-family homes intended … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Mao Zedong, and the Global Urban Concept

Posted on 1. May 2018 by Global Urban History

By Stuart Schrader Global urban history takes three primary forms. One is to direct the analytic gaze beyond Euro-America, to cities that were once “off the map” of urban studies. Another is to study the interconnections among far-flung cities. Extensive … Continue reading →

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