Buenos Aires

by Biggins, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781851092840
• ISBN10: 1851092846
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
Buenos Aires and Its People	1	(10)
Children's Publications	11	(1)
Books of Photographs	12	(7)
Neighbourhoods (Barrios)	19	(6)
General	19	(1)
Specific	20	(5)
Streets	25	(5)
General	25	(1)
Specific	26	(4)
Squares and Parks	30	(3)
Maps and Atlases	33	(7)
Atlases and guides to maps	33	(2)
Maps and street plans	35	(5)
Climate	40	(2)
River Plate, Riachuelo, Reconquista and Maldonado	42	(4)
Tourist and Travel Guides	46	(6)
Travelers' Accounts	52	(18)
General	52	(2)
Before 1900	54	(9)
20th century	63	(7)
Flora and Fauna	70	(5)
Archaeology	75	(2)
History	77	(20)
General	77	(6)
Discovery and the colonial period (1536-1810)	83	(3)
The British invasions (1806-07)	86	(1)
19th century (1810-70)	87	(4)
From Gran Aldea to metropolis (1870-1930)	91	(3)
The modern City (1930-)	94	(3)
Biographical Works	97	(3)
Population	100	(4)
Women	104	(8)
Immigration, Nationalities and Minorities	112	(12)
General	112	(8)
The Jews	120	(1)
Black population	121	(2)
Indigenous population	123	(1)
Language	124	(7)
General	124	(5)
Local dialect (lunfardo)	129	(2)
Religion	131	(4)
Society and Social Conditions	135	(15)
General	135	(12)
Social strata	147	(3)
Health and Medicine	150	(6)
Politics	156	(7)
General	156	(4)
Human rights	160	(3)
Administration and Local Government	163	(8)
Public Utilities	171	(4)
Urban Planning and Development	175	(7)
Housing	182	(7)
Community Groups	189	(3)
Economy and Finance	192	(5)
Trade and Commerce	197	(5)
Agriculture and Horticulture	202	(3)
Transport	205	(6)
Port of Buenos Aires	211	(2)
Employment and Trades Unions	213	(7)
Education	220	(6)
Environment	226	(3)
Statistics	229	(3)
Literature	232	(15)
Critical works	232	(7)
English works	239	(4)
English translations from Spanish	243	(4)
The Arts and Culture	247	(42)
General	247	(4)
Visual arts	251	(8)
Architecture	259	(16)
General	259	(9)
Notable buildings	268	(7)
Music	275	(7)
General	275	(3)
The Colon Theatre	278	(1)
The Tango	279	(3)
Theatre	282	(4)
Film	286	(3)
Food and Diet	289	(4)
General	289	(2)
Cafes and restaurants	291	(2)
Sport	293	(3)
Recreation	296	(3)
Libraries and Archives	299	(4)
Museums and Art Galleries	303	(4)
Printing and the Book Trade	307	(2)
The Media	309	(1)
The Press	310	(4)
Newspapers, Magazines and Journals	314	(4)
Reference Works	318	(6)
Bibliographies, Catalogues and Indexes	324	(5)
Index of Authors	329	(14)
Index of Titles	343	(28)
Index of Subjects	371	(54)
Maps of Buenos Aires	425