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...

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1. Verfasser:	Murray, Claudia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Anthem Press 2024
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1776-1810 Real estate development / Argentina / Buenos Aires / History / 18th century Real estate development / Argentina / Buenos Aires / History / 19th century City planning / Argentina / Buenos Aires / History / 18th century City planning / Argentina / Buenos Aires / History / 19th century Stadtentwicklung Buenos Aires (Argentina) / History / 18th century Buenos Aires (Argentina) / History / 19th century Spain / Colonies / America / Administration Spanien Buenos Aires
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2024) Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Spanish Empire before the Bourbon Reforms -- The Geo-Administrative Division of the Colonial Territories in the Americas -- The Spanish Empire Hierarchical System of Cities -- Domination, Acculturation and the Colonial Society of the Eighteenth Century -- Urban Tools for Domination: Foundational Myth, the Grid and Architectural Styles -- The grid system -- Urban planning -- Architectural styles -- 2. The River Plate before 1776 and the Bourbon Reforms -- The Foundation of Buenos Aires -- Trade, Contraband and the Merchant Class -- The Bourbon Reforms and the Intendancy System -- Buenos Aires' Urban Geography prior to 1776 -- 3. Urban Expansion -- Land Control Changes -- The Spatial Division of the City -- Decentralisation of Market Activities -- Emergence of Entrepreneurial Urban Developers -- 4. The Image of Power -- Enlightened Urbanisation -- Urban Improvements, the Real Ordenanza de Intendentes and Political Conflict -- Street paving -- Waste collection -- Street lighting -- Public Buildings and Government Offices -- Investment in Government Offices -- A Monarchical Power Losing Control of the Plaza Mayor -- 5. Ceremonies of Power -- The King's Presence in the Colonies -- The Ceremonies and the Hierarchical System of Cities -- Viceroy's Arrivals in Buenos Aires -- Symbolic Capital and Economy of Favour -- Neoclassical Translations to Represent the Enlightened Empire in the River Plate -- Ceremonies and Power Relations -- 6. Disciplining Porteños' Private Architecture -- Government Regulations and the Development of Private Buildings -- Regulation of the Entire Building Apparel -- Investment in the Residential Real Estate Market -- The Populace Takes Over the City -- 7. The British Assault on the River Plate
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xix, 237 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781785279829