The origins of contemporary urbanization in Venezuela: growth without accumulation between 1920 and 1945.

PIP: An analysis of urbanization in Venezuela between 1920 and 1945 is presented. This period is seen as a transitional one in which urbanization changed from a colonial to a modern pattern. Consideration is given to geographical variations in urbanization patterns and to developments since 1945. A comment by Alejandro Rofman is also included (pp. 27-8).^ieng