City and Society

Their Connection in Latin American Historical Research

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2109797
AutoresEugene F Sofer, Mark D Szuchman (Florida International University)
Ano1979
Volume14
Fascículo2
Páginas113-129
Data de publicação1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0023879100031964
OpenAlexW4312453099
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas25

The first part of this essay reviews some of the strengths and weaknesses in the current state of social history of Latin American cities. Specifically, it tries to create an awareness that quantitative urban studies need not be, and should not be, limited to aggregate data for sources. Unfortunately, many of the nascent quantitative studies of postindependence Latin American cities achieve their figures through published materials, principally demographic and commercial censuses. However, manuscript census returns, notarial records, judicial assessments, and other primary documentation can also provide the base from which we can observe frequencies both of personal vital records and of popular quotidian behavior; moving, marrying, going to school, buying or selling goods or property, and so on

Archaeology · Census · De facto · Documentation · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Genealogy · Geography · Latin Americans · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Property (philosophy) · Regional science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Strengths and weaknesses · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Law · Psychology