The Urbanization of Empire: Megacities and the Laws of Chaos Export

@article{citeulike:75818, abstract = {The great colonial empires of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were, of course, brutal engines for the extraction of rents, crops, and minerals from tropical countrysides. Colonial cities and entrep\^{o}ts, although often vast, sprawling, and dynamic, were demographically rather insignificant.}, author = {Davis, Mike}, citeulike-article-id = {75818}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dup/st/2004/00000022/00000004/art00002}, issn = {0164-2472}, journal = {Social Text}, keywords = {demography, globalization}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {9--15}, posted-at = {2005-12-03 19:06:36}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Duke University Press}, title = {The Urbanization of Empire: Megacities and the Laws of Chaos}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dup/st/2004/00000022/00000004/art00002}, volume = {22}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:75818 L3 - citeulike-article-id:75818 N2 - The great colonial empires of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were, of course, brutal engines for the extraction of rents, crops, and minerals from tropical countrysides. Colonial cities and entrepôts, although often vast, sprawling, and dynamic, were demographically rather insignificant. IS - 4 JF - Social Text SN - 0164-2472 EP - 15 TI - The Urbanization of Empire: Megacities and the Laws of Chaos PB - Duke University Press VL - 22 SP - 9 KW - demography KW - globalization AU - Davis, Mike PY - 2004/12// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dup/st/2004/00000022/00000004/art00002 ER -