Buenos Aires
A Cultural and Literary History
Seiten
1999
Interlink Books (Verlag)
978-1-56656-347-5 (ISBN)
Interlink Books (Verlag)
978-1-56656-347-5 (ISBN)
Wilson explores this contradictory and culturally rich city by tracing its development from remote ranching settlement to modern metropolis. Taking landmarks as starting points for a journey of discovery, he looks at the events, people, and writing that have shaped modern Buenos Aires and its cultural life. Maps & illustrations.
A new and innovative series offering in-depth cultural, historical and literary guides to the great cities of the world. More than ordinary guidebooks, they introduce the visitor or armchair traveller to each city's unique present-day identity and its links with the past.Jason Wilson explores this contradictory and culturally rich city by tracing its development from remote ranching settlement to modern metropolis. Taking landmarks, both well-known and hidden, as starting-points for a journey of discovery, he looks at the events, people and writing that have shaped modern Buenos Aires and its cultural life.
A new and innovative series offering in-depth cultural, historical and literary guides to the great cities of the world. More than ordinary guidebooks, they introduce the visitor or armchair traveller to each city's unique present-day identity and its links with the past.Jason Wilson explores this contradictory and culturally rich city by tracing its development from remote ranching settlement to modern metropolis. Taking landmarks, both well-known and hidden, as starting-points for a journey of discovery, he looks at the events, people and writing that have shaped modern Buenos Aires and its cultural life.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.2.2002 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cities of the Imagination |
Verlagsort | Massachusetts |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Reiseführer ► Südamerika ► Argentien | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-56656-347-X / 156656347X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-56656-347-5 / 9781566563475 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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