Ruins of the New Argentina Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake

Name: Ruins of the New Argentina Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake
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ISBN: 9780822349051

ISBN-10: 0822349051

ISBN-13: 9780822349051

Edition: 2011

Authors: Mark A. Healey

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In January 1944, an earthquake reduced the province of San Juan, Argentina to rubble, leaving perhaps ten thousand dead and one hundred thousand homeless. In The Ruins of the New Argentina, Mark A. Healey argues that the disaster and the massive rebuilding project that followed transformed not only the province but also the nation. The earthquake was a shattering and galvanizing experience, an indictment of the old social order and an invitation to transform it. From the national capital, an obscure colonel in a recently installed military regime launched a relief campaign and rapidly commissioned plans to rebuild the province, and especially its capital city. The campaign was a rousing…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 3/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Acronyms


Introduction



Revelations Among the Ruins, Early 1944



ï¿½Rooted Vines and Uprooted Menï¿½: The World Wine Made



In a Broken Place



ï¿½The Measure of Our National Solidarityï¿½: The Aid Campaign and the Rise of Perï¿½n



The Cornerstone of the New Argentina, Early 1944



Utopias in the Dust: Architects' Visions for the New City



The Superstition of Adobe and the Certainty of Concrete



Looking for Order among the Ruins



From Leading Case to Exemplary Failure, Mid-1944 to Mid-1946



Diverging Paths of Reform: Architects, Labor, and the Reconstruction Council



The Revolt of the Engineers: Protest and the Professions in 1945



ï¿½San Juan Is Still Waitingï¿½: Rebuilding and the Election of 1946



ï¿½Rubble or No Rubble, We Want Perï¿½n,ï¿½ 1946-1962



Against the ï¿½Sovereignty of Expertsï¿½: Rebuilding on Local Terms, 1946-1947



ï¿½The Pacification of Spiritsï¿½: Peronism in One Province, 1947-1955



The ï¿½Bulldozer Kidï¿½ and the Rebuilt City, 1955-1962


Final Reckonings


Appendix: Government Spending in San Juan


Notes


Bibliography


Index