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glossy tan & white illustrated hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper (as issued). fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean, couple of faint scratches on front. edges clean. couple of wrinkly page corners, otherwise contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). xxvii+424p.+3 b&w maps. index of authors. index of titles. index of subjects. ~ Situated on the River Plate estuary at the hub of Argentina's river, road and rail network, the port city of Buenos Aires is the largest city of Spanish~speaking South America, the third most populous city in Latin America and the tenth largest metropolitan area in the world. The city developed as a commercial and administrative centre during the Spanish colonial period and became the national capital of independent Argentina in 1880. Between 1870 and 1910 the city was transformed by major building and modernisation works, and by mass immigration from Europe. In 1994 constitutional reforms gave autonomy to the Federal Capital of Buenos Aires, and today, forty per cent of Argentines live in the metropolitan area. This sophisticated city dominates the nation both politically and economically, as well as culturally. This is the first bibliography in English on the vast literature on Buenos Aires.