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Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

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Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

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Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

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Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950 book

Edited ByArturo Almandoz
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2002
eBook Published 8 August 2002
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203822791
Pages 296
eBook ISBN 9780429237201
Subjects Built Environment, Geography
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Almandoz, A. (Ed.). (2002). Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203822791

ABSTRACT

In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the postcolonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his contributors demonstrate how Europe and France in particular shaped their culture, architecture and planning until the United States began to play a part in the 1930s. The book provides a new per

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 2|32 pages

Urbanization and Urbanism in Latin America: From Haussmann to CIAM

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 3|30 pages

Buenos Aires, A Great European City

ByRamon Gutierrez

chapter 4|34 pages

The Time of the Capitals: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: Words, Actors and Plans

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 5|30 pages

Cities within the City: Urban and Architectural Transfers in Santiago de Chile, 1840–1940

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 6|31 pages

The Urban Development of Mexico City, 1850–1930

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 7|23 pages

The Script of Urban Surgery: Lima, 1850–1940

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 8|21 pages

Havana, from Tacón to Forestier

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 9|27 pages

Caracas: Territory, Architecture and Urban Space

ByLorenzo Gonzalez Casas

chapter 10|30 pages

Urbanism, Architecture, and Cultural Transformations in San José, Costa Rica, 1850–1930

Edited ByArturo Almandoz

chapter 11|4 pages

Conclusions

ByArturo Almandoz
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