Buenos Aires
Subtitle: plaza to suburb, 1870-1910
By: James R. Scobie.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social conditions; Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Economic conditions; Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- History
Description: "Scrobie probes beyond the physical and demographic growth and examines the socioeconomic impact of settlement patterns, social structure, and cultural attitudes. He emphasizes the amazing urban expansion, both as a symbol and as an explanation of Argentina's direction and development to the present day. Buenos Aires presents the fullest account of the late nineteenth-century growth of any Latin American city - its sights, smells, sounds, and ethnic composition"--Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 303-313.
Includes index.