Colonial Urbanism in the Age of the Enlightenment The Spanish Bourbon Reforms in the River Plate

This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire. It also shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers, and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires' property market. In a short period, from 1776 to 1810, the urban transformation of Buenos Aires helped increase the Crown's revenues and considerably reduced contraband trade. Nevertheless, urban changes generated an internal struggle for power for the control of the city between the Spanish loyalist and the local wealthier Creoles. As this book concludes, for an empire such as the Spanish, which was built upon a network of cities, the Crown's loss of the control of Buenos Aires' urban space was a serious threat to its power that foreshadowed Argentina's wars of independence.

Info autore

Claudia Murray is a research fellow at the School of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading. Her research interests focus on the socio-cultural and economic implications of rural and urban development of the built environment. 

Riassunto

This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires’ property market.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Claudia Murray, Murray Claudia
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918
• EAN: 9781785279812
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-981-2
• Numero di pagine: 258
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture; Anthem Studies in Latin Americ
• Categorie: Buenos Aires, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Monarchy, Humanities, General and world history, Urban Infrastructure, Geopolitical, Argentina's, Spanish loyalist