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When the Spaniards settled in Latin America, they immediately surrounded themselves with cities. Equating civilization with urban existence, the early conquerors of the New World rapidly established themselves as urban lords. Latin American cities then became synonymous with Spanish power and all of its privileged attributes: political authority, ecclesiastical activity, commerce, finance, and conspicuous consumption. This volume represents some of the most enduring reflections on the Latin American city. All of the essays were written by public officials, journalists, and social commentators, among others, who participated actively in the affairs of the cities they so perceptively describe. The collection offers critical analyses spanning hundreds of years, beginning with the era of the conquistadores in Tenochtitl_n and continuing to the deafening bustle of today's urban crowds in Mexico City. Professors Gilbert Joseph and Mark Szuchman offer translations of classic pieces by writers previously little known to Western audiences: Cobo, Garc_a, Santos Vilhena, and Leite de Barros.
Chapter 1 The City as Vision-The Development of Urban Culture in Latin AmericaChapter 2 Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish ConquestChapter 3 The Aztecs Under Spanish RuleChapter 4 Viceregal Lima in the Seventeenth CenturyChapter 5 Colonial Buenos AiresChapter 6 Bahia in the Late Colonial PeriodChapter 7 Bogot· in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 8 Lima in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 9 Buenos Aires in the Early Twentieth CenturyChapter 10 The Transformation of S"o PauloChapter 11 Another Sao PauloChapter 12 Mexico's Megalopolis
A particular virtue of the texts chosen is that they not only describe Bogota, Lima, and Buenos Aires, but give us a window into the thinking of contemporary observers as to the complex meaning of urban life-as both an avatar of modernization, and as modern dystopia.
