Politics and Urban Growth in Buenos Aires, 1910–1942

This book, first published in 1994, describes the development of Buenos Aires during the period from 1910 to the early 1940s.

Richard J. Walter (Author)

9780521530651, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 October 2003

296 pages, 24 b/w illus. 10 tables
23.6 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.532 kg

"The book is also illuminating regarding the political culture and electoral behavior of the local inhabitants." Raul Garcia Heras, Latin American Research Review

Buenos Aires is Argentina's national capital and largest city. This book, first published in 1994, describes the development of the city during the period from 1910 to the early 1940s. It focuses on the role of politics and local government in the evolution of the city, detailing elections, party competition, and debates on important public works issues. The political story is set within the larger context of the overall growth of the capital. This is the first work to cover comprehensively the history of the city for this period and the first to concentrate on the neglected topic of local government.

Preface
1. Buenos Aires before World War I
2. Prelude to reform
3. Reform and Its consequences
4. A new council
5. Buenos Aires in the 1920s
6. Noel and the council: round one
7. Noel and the council: round two
8. Cantilo, colectivos, and subways
9. Conservative resurgence: Guerrico and Naón
10. Vedia y Mitre and the council: round one
11. 1936
12. Vedia y Mitre and the council: round two
13. Old business
14. Democracy under siege
15. Buenos Aires in the early 1940s
Appendix
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK]