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Paperback. This cultural guide to Buenos Aires looks at the impact of history and the efforts of men and women to build a city that would fulfil their dreams, as well as bringing today's city to life for the visitor. It reveals a city obsessed with nostalgia yet rich in music, dance and spectacle. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Nick Caistor has lived for several years in Buenos Aires as well as visiting it often over the past three decades. He has reported on Argentina for the BBC and is a translator as well as the author of several books on Latin America. The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires the capital of an imaginary empire . From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina's main city has been a place of the imagination as well as the scene of many striking historical events. From foreign invasions to more modern-day coups d etat and dictatorships, the city's turbulent ... Read more
Nick Caistor has lived for several years in Buenos Aires as well as visiting it often over the past three decades. He has reported on Argentina for the BBC and is a translator as well as the author of several books on Latin America. The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires the capital of an imaginary empire . From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina's main city has been a place of the imagination as well as the scene of many striking historical events. From foreign invasions to more modern-day coups d etat and dictatorships, the city's turbulent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955849
SKU
V9781904955849
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Ref
99-5
About Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor has lived for several years in Buenos Aires as well as visiting it often over the psat three decades. He has reported on Argentina for the BBC and is a translator as well as the author of several books on Latin America.
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