Stanley R. Ross (1921–1985) and Thomas F. McGann (1920–1982) were Professors of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Foreword (Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress) Prologue (Jorge Aja Espil, Ambassador of Argentina to the United States) Introduction (Stanley R. Ross and Thomas F. McGann) I. The Historical City 1. Outpost to EntrepÔt: Trade and Commerce at Colonial Buenos Aires (Jonathan C. Brown) 2. Buenos Aires at the Time of Independence (Susan M. Socolow) 3. The Argentine Capital in the Nineteenth Century (James R. Scobie) 4. Continuity and Conflict in Buenos Aires: Comments on the Historical City (Mark D. Szuchman) II. The Contemporary City 5. The Socioeconomic Growth of Buenos Aires in the Twentieth Century (Richard J. Walter) 6. Buenos Aires: Culture and Poetry in the Modern City (Merlin H. Forster) 7. Buenos Aires: Today and Tomorrow (Roberto Etchepareborda) 8. How to Know the City (Joseph S. Tulchin) III. Two Final Perceptions 9. A View from the Provinces (ChristiÁn GarcÍa-Godoy) 10. A PorteÑo’s View of His City (Luis A. Arocena) Contributors Index

Stanley R. Ross (1921–1985) and Thomas F. McGann (1920–1982) were Professors of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Foreword (Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress) Prologue (Jorge Aja Espil, Ambassador of Argentina to the United States) Introduction (Stanley R. Ross and Thomas F. McGann) I. The Historical City 1. Outpost to EntrepÔt: Trade and Commerce at Colonial Buenos Aires (Jonathan C. Brown) 2. Buenos Aires at the Time of Independence (Susan M. Socolow) 3. The Argentine Capital in the Nineteenth Century (James R. Scobie) 4. Continuity and Conflict in Buenos Aires: Comments on the Historical City (Mark D. Szuchman) II. The Contemporary City 5. The Socioeconomic Growth of Buenos Aires in the Twentieth Century (Richard J. Walter) 6. Buenos Aires: Culture and Poetry in the Modern City (Merlin H. Forster) 7. Buenos Aires: Today and Tomorrow (Roberto Etchepareborda) 8. How to Know the City (Joseph S. Tulchin) III. Two Final Perceptions 9. A View from the Provinces (ChristiÁn GarcÍa-Godoy) 10. A PorteÑo’s View of His City (Luis A. Arocena) Contributors Index

Stanley R. Ross (1921–1985) and Thomas F. McGann (1920–1982) were Professors of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Foreword (Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress) Prologue (Jorge Aja Espil, Ambassador of Argentina to the United States) Introduction (Stanley R. Ross and Thomas F. McGann) I. The Historical City 1. Outpost to EntrepÔt: Trade and Commerce at Colonial Buenos Aires (Jonathan C. Brown) 2. Buenos Aires at the Time of Independence (Susan M. Socolow) 3. The Argentine Capital in the Nineteenth Century (James R. Scobie) 4. Continuity and Conflict in Buenos Aires: Comments on the Historical City (Mark D. Szuchman) II. The Contemporary City 5. The Socioeconomic Growth of Buenos Aires in the Twentieth Century (Richard J. Walter) 6. Buenos Aires: Culture and Poetry in the Modern City (Merlin H. Forster) 7. Buenos Aires: Today and Tomorrow (Roberto Etchepareborda) 8. How to Know the City (Joseph S. Tulchin) III. Two Final Perceptions 9. A View from the Provinces (ChristiÁn GarcÍa-Godoy) 10. A PorteÑo’s View of His City (Luis A. Arocena) Contributors Index