The Creation of Modern Buenos Aires

Horowitz’s acclaimed study examines the role of civic associations in the creation of Buenos Aires’ social world in the early twentieth century, especially the part they played in the development of the sense of barrio. The Creation of Modern Buenos Aires examines the impact of civic associations on the culture and the society of Buenos Aires and their ties to politics in the first decades of the twentieth century. The period saw the emergence of the modern political system with true appeals to