Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Urbanization and urbanism in Latin America: from Haussmann to CIAM / Arturo Almandoz
  • I. CAPITALS OF THE BOOMING ECONOMIES
  • Buenos Aires, a great European city / Ramâon Gutiâerrez
  • Time of the capitals. Rio de Janeiro and Säao Paulo: words, actors and plans / Margareth da Silva Pereira
  • Cities within the city: urban and architectural transfers in Santiago de Chile, 1840-1940 / Ferndando Pâerez Oyarzun, Josâe Rosas Vera
  • II. EARLY VICEREGAL CAPITALS
  • Urban development of Mexico City, 1850-1930 / Carol McMichael Reese
  • Script of urban surgery: Lima, 1850-1940 / Gabriel Ramâon
  • Havana, from Tacâon to Forestier / Roberto Segre
  • Caracas: territory, architecture and urban space / Lorenzo Gonzâalez Casas
  • Urbanism, architecture, and cultural transformations in San Josâe, Costa Rica, 1850-1930 / Florencia Quesada
  • Conclusions / Arturo Almandoz