Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 59
Año: 1999
Autor: José Luis Romero
Título: Latin America: Its Cities and Ideas
TABLE OF CONTENTS
History and Commitment: The Writings of José Luis Romero
CHAPTER 1
LATIN AMERICA WITHIN
THE EUROPEAN EXPANSION
The First Expansion Towards the Margins of Europe
The Role of the Cities in the Expansion Towards the Margins of
Europe
Two Casts of Mind: The Lords and the Bourgeoisie
Adjustments in the Feudal-Bourgeois Society
The Second European Expansion
The Societies that Created the Empires
CHAPTER 2
THE CYCLE OF FOUNDATIONS
The Cities and Their Original Functions
The Original Urban Groups
The Foundational Act
The Founding Mentality
CHAPTER 3
THE NOBLE CITIES
OF THE INDIES
The Forming of a Baroque Society
The Political Process
Hidalguia and Style of Life
From Naked Blueprint to Actual City
From Conquistador to Hidalgo: A Shift in Mentality
CHAPTER 4
THE CREOLE CITIES
Old and New Economies
A City of Criollos
The New Cityscape
Reform and Revolution
The Creole Bourgeoisie. Enlightenment and Change
CHAPTER 5
THE PATRICIAN CITIES
The City and the Countryside
Bourgeoisie and Patricians
The Struggle over Ideologies
A View of the City
A Creole Communal Life
CHAPTER 6
THE BOURGEOIS CITIES
Transformation or Stagnation
Mobility in Urban Societies
The Haussmann Example
Europe Imitated in Everyday Life
Tension and Confrontation
CHAPTER 7
THE CITIES OF THE
MASSES
The Urban Explosion
A Split Society
Metropolis and Slums
Mass Formation and Lifestyle
Mass Formation and Ideology