Cover
Title Page
Contents Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTE TO THE READER
CHRONOLOGY, 1800–1930
POPULATION GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICAN METROPOLISES, 1830–1930
INTRODUCTION
ALBUM: CAPITAL CITIES
THE EMERGENCE OF CAPITAL CITIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICA
ORDER, NATURE, AND SOCIETY: EXILE AND RETURN FROM PARADISE IN THE CITY TO COME
ALBUM: COLONIAL CITIES AND NATIONAL HEROES
FROM POSTCOLONIAL CITIES TO THE FIRST METROPOLISES
THE DOMINATION OF NATURE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
ALBUM: LEISURE
THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE METROPOLIS
VISIONS OF MOBILITY: EARLY CINEMA REACHING CAPITAL CITIES IN LATIN AMERICA
ALBUM: INFRASTRUCTURES
SHAPING THE METROPOLIS: URBAN PLANS FOR RIO DE JANEIRO AND BUENOS AIRES
THE RESURGENCE OF THE ANCIENT PAST: MEXICO CITY IN THE AGE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW ART: PRE-HISPANIC AND COLONIAL REVIVALS IN THE AMERICAS
ALBUM: DEBATES
ARCHITECTS AND URBAN PLANNERS: TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEYS FROM EUROPE TO LATIN AMERICA
ALBUM: TOWARD MODERNISM
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1970–2020
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Copyright Page