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Dispossessed: Life in Our World's Urban Slums [Paperback]

Mark Kramer (Author)

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Paperback: 219 pages
Publisher: Orbis Books (January 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1570756589
ISBN-13: 978-1570756580
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
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Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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I particularly liked the mix of personal encounter, eye-witness description and factual research. We're reading this book in our JustFaith program;it offered rich ground for discussion without handing us conclusions.The local speaker we invited on the topic of international poverty was from Mexico City. He was wondering if this book is available in Spanish. (Anyone know?)

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Every step closer to gate twenty-nine at the Mexico City International Benito Juarez Airport ushers me more into comfort. Read the first page

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informal settlements, slum residents, informal workers

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Mexico City, Klong Toey, United States, Lomas de San Isidro, Mathare Valley, Metro Manila, Valle de Chalco, World War, Jane Matiba, Joanne Seares, Pastor Danny, State of Mexico, World Bank, Laila Iskandar Kamel, Manshiet Nasser, Mau Mau, International Monetary Fund, Mathare United

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