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English
Oxford University Press Inc
27 September 2023
The modern slum is as prevalent as its stereotypes. Today, a slum is often understood to be a place of extreme poverty in the developing world-a place disordered, lacking the basic amenities of life, traumatized by violence, and perpetuated by dysfunctional families and disaffected extremists. Yet the word

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 176mm,  Width: 253mm,  Spine: 45mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780190879457
ISBN 10:   0190879459
Series:   OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
Pages:   600
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
CONTENTS Contributors Introduction: Slums and the Modern World Alan Mayne PART I. FUNDAMENTALS 1.

Alan Mayne is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous books include Slums: The History of a Global Injustice, The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes: Explorations in Slumland (with Tim Murray), and The Imagined Slum: Newspaper Representation in Three Cities, 1870-1914.

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