BUENOS AIRES. PLAZA TO SUBURB 1870-1910

New York:Oxford University Press. 1974. 1st edition. xvii+323pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book in very good, clean condition, inside and out. The dust jacket is bright, but worn along edges with a couple chips and small closed tears.  *"In just forty brief years Buenos Aires was transformed from an intimate village into a major world metropolis--a cosmopolitan, commercial city, capital of a nation, the 'Paris of South America.'  Scobie probes beyond the physical and demographic growth and examines the socioeconomic impact of settlement patterns, social structure, and cultural attitudes.  He emphasizes the amazing urban expansion, both as a symbol and as an explanation of Argentina's direction and development to the present day."...dj