Tag Archives: Latin America

Reflections on “Global Urban History” at the Second Global History Student Conference

Posted on 29. June 2016 by Global Urban History

Philipp Kandler, Freie Universität Berlin, and Thomas Lindner, Max Planck Institute for Human Development The global history of cities is en vogue at the moment. Increasing numbers of historians interested in global history turn to cities as spaces of connectedness … Continue reading →

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Fashioning the Colonial Metropolis: Asian Influences and Urban Identities in Colonial Mexico City

Posted on 4. January 2016 by Global Urban History

Nino Vallen, Freie Universität Berlin At the end of the seventeenth century, the Mexican artist Cristóbal de Villalpando painted the main square of Mexico City. His image of the zócalo depicts approximately 1,200 persons strolling around or standing in groups … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Chic: Left-Wing Exiles, Design, and Urbanism in Mexico City

Posted on 3. December 2015 by Global Urban History

Randal Sheppard, Universität zu Köln Mexico City was one of the most important and culturally vibrant hubs of political exile in the Western Hemisphere during the twentieth century. However, the scholarly literature about this phenomenon has so far been limited … Continue reading →

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Historicizing “Urbanity”: Buenos Aires in the epidemic years

Posted on 3. December 2015 by Global Urban History

Antonio Carbone, Freie Universität Berlin Scholars in the field of urban studies have been arguing for decades about what exactly the object of their research could be. At a first glance the ‘urban’ appears as a clearly defined field of … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires and the Modern Girl

Posted on 3. December 2015 by Global Urban History

Cecilia Tossounian, CONICET (Argentina) The modern girl, who emerged during the 1920’s and 1930’s, was a global figure that circulated worldwide through commodity and cultural flows. Born and grown in the city, she was an eminently urban phenomenon. In my study of … Continue reading →

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