The Grid and the Park: Public Space and Urban Culture in Buenos Aires, 1887-1936

by Adrián Gorelik

Since its publication in Spanish in 1998, The Grid and the Park not only revitalized studies on the history of Buenos Aires, but also laid the foundation for a specific type of cultural work on the city -an urban perspective for cultural history, as its author would describe it- that has had a sustained impact in Latin America. Public space, embodied in the grid of city blocks and the park system, here appears as a particularly productive category...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951634241
• ISBN13: 9781951634247
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Ubiquity Press (Latin America Research Common
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"