Title Colonial urbanism in the age of the Enlightenment : the Spanish bourbon reforms in the river plate / Claudia Murray

Published London : Anthem Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Anthem studies in Latin American literature and culture Anthem studies in Latin American literature and culture. Contents 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 Summary 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 and 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. During the eighteenth century, the Bourbon monarchy set about making geopolitical changes in the colonies in order to encourage trade. Buenos Aires was designated as the new capital city of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate in 1776. However, the city had at the time very little urban infrastructure it did not even have a cathedral or appropriate government buildings to welcome high-ranked bureaucrats from Spain, such as the Viceroy. Streets were mainly unpaved, dusty and there were no parks or promenades like in other capitals, where the eighteenth-century society could parade in fine clothes and displayed their often newly acquired social status Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 12th, 2023) Subject Real estate development -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History City planning -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century City planning Colonies -- Administration Real estate development Spanish colonies SUBJECT Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- History -- 18th century Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- History -- 19th century Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration Subject America Argentina -- Buenos Aires Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781785279836 1785279831 9781785279829 1785279823

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