The Politics of Water: Urban Protest, Gender, and Power in Monterrey, Mexico

by Vivienne Bennett

Book Overview

Monterrey is Mexico\u2019s second most important industrial city, emerging in this era of free trade as a cornerstone of Mexico\u2019s economic development. But development has been uneven and has taken a toll: As recently as the early 1980s, nearly a quarter of the city\u2019s almost three million inhabitants did not have running water in their homes. At the same time, heavy industry - especially steel, iron, chemical, and paper works - were major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956160
• ISBN13: 9780822956167
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"