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""The Creation of Modern Buenos Aires is a significant contribution to urban studies and early modern Argentine history. Horowitz paints a vibrant picture of barrio life in a city that grew faster than the ability of its government officials to properly meet the needs of its residents.""-- ""Hispanic American Historical Review"" ""An insightful perspective on the barrio identities of Argentina's capital and their connections with local political networks. Historians and social scientists interested in urban history, local politics, democracy, and the expansion of suffrage will undoubtedly find the book engaging.""-- ""ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America""

“The Creation of Modern Buenos Aires is a significant contribution to urban studies and early modern Argentine history. Horowitz paints a vibrant picture of barrio life in a city that grew faster than the ability of its government officials to properly meet the needs of its residents.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “An insightful perspective on the barrio identities of Argentina’s capital and their connections with local political networks. Historians and social scientists interested in urban history, local politics, democracy, and the expansion of suffrage will undoubtedly find the book engaging.” —ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America

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Joel Horowitz is a professor emeritus of history at Saint Bonaventure University. He is the author of Argentina’s Radical Party and Popular Mobilization, 1916–1930 and Argentine Unions, the State, and the Rise of Perón, 1930–1945.

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