GGR100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Primate City, Elizabethan Religious Settlement, 18Th Street Gang
10 Dec 2012
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Pre-colonial/colonial urban development in middle america and the caribbean. Aztec population in the valley of mexico was facilitated by a large city, leadership was quickly subjugated by spanish. Central america dates to the colonial era when spain was responsible for the politico-administrative division of the region. The cities were dependent on agricultural production in their hinterlands. The urbanization could be broken down into two: The first period of independence from spain. The second period dates from 1930 until now, shows transition in the economic model and a new phase of accelerated urbanization. The early decades of independence marked a transition for some countries from the export of various agricultural products to nearly exclusive export of coffee. By the end of the 19th century, most of all countries in the region depended largely on income from coffee exports. However, north american investment in banana plantation, first in costa rica then in guatemala.
