The Urbanisation of a Secondary City

The Case of Rosario, Argentina, 1870-1920

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ID4922657
AuthorsMichaela Johns (0000-0003-1868-8141, Institute of Geography, corresponding author), Michael Johns (0000-0001-8412-354X)
Year1991
Volume23
Issue3
Pages489-513
Publication date1991-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x00015820
OpenAlexW2041712925
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited27

In 1845, Argentine statesman Domingo Sarmiento predicted that 'what took 20 years to occur in North America, i.e. the emergence almost by magic of numerous cities, provinces and states in what was once uninhabited terrain, will occur in Argentina in the same span of time'. Forty years later, however, French writer Emile Daireaux observed that 'the commercial development of Buenos Aires is that of a satellite which orbits Europe's sphere of attraction; Argentina's other cities and towns are in turn satellites of Buenos Aires'. A half-century later still, Ezequiel Martínez Estrada could complain that 'the country's progress will come only when...we care for the health of the entire body and not only the euphoria of its decapitated head'. The imagery of Daireaux and Martínez Estrada portrays Buenos Aires' comprehensive domination of the Argentine city system, a city system quite unlike the replica of the US model envisaged by an optimistic Sarmiento

Art · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Geography · Humanities · Political science · Urbanization · Argentine historical studies · History · Latin American Urban Studies

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