%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Urban History %D 1998 %T The Social Construction of Mexico City: Political Conflict and Urban Development, 1950-1966 %A Diane E. Davis %X Mexico City is practically the world's largest city, and its enormity is evident in the sprawl, traffic congestion, pollution, and urban service scarcities that plague its residents. In a scant three decades between 1940 and 1970, the population of Mexico City proper increased 345 percent, while the metropolitan area as a whole grew by 424 percent. %B Journal of Urban History %V 24 %P 364-415 %G eng %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/009614429802400304 %N 3