Planning Latin America's capital cities, 1850-1950 : txt
edited by Arturo Almandoz.
- xii, 282 p. ill. ; maps ; 26 cm. book
- Planning, history and the environment series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Foreword by Anthony Sutcliffe vii -- The Contributors ix Acknowledgements xi -- 1 Introduction Arturo Almandoz 1 -- 2 Urbanization and Urbanism in Latin America : from Haussmann to CIAM Arturo Almandoz 13 -- I Capitals of the Booming Economies : 3 Buenos Aires, A Great European City Ramón Gutiérrez 45 -- 4 The Time of the Capitals, Rio de Janeiro and Sau Paolo: Words, Actors and Plans Margareth da Silvia Pereira 75 -- 5 Cities within the City : Urban and Architectural Tranfers in Santiago de Chile, 1840 - 1940 Fernando Pérez Oyarzun and José Rosas Vera 109 -- II Early Viceregal Capitals : 6 The Urban Development of Mexico City, 1850 - 1930 Carol McMichaels Reese 139 -- 7 The Script of Urban Surgery : Lima, 1850 - 1940 Gabriel Ramón 170 -- III The Caribbean Rim and Central America -- 8 Havana from Tacón to Forestier Roberto Segre 193 -- 9 Caracas : Territory, Architecture and Urban Space Lorenzo González Casas 214 -- 10 Urbanism, Architecture and Cultural Transformations in San José Costa Rica 1850 -1930 Florencia Quesada 241 -- 11 Conclusions Arturo Almandoz 271 -- Index 275 --
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