J. Paul Getty Trust: The Metropolis in Latin America Offers a Comprehensive Study of the Growth of Capital Cities in Latin America Following Independence From Portugal and Spain
June 24, 2021
June 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California, June 24 (TNSOps) -- The J. Paul Getty Trust issued the following news release on June 22, 2021:
From about 1830-1930, spurred by independence from colonial powers Spain and Portugal, a period of rapid growth transformed the colonial cities of Latin America. This growth was propelled by the new urban bourgeois' investment in modernization and industrialization and was marked by the lower classes' relocation from the old city districts to the outskirts.
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From about 1830-1930, spurred by independence from colonial powers Spain and Portugal, a period of rapid growth transformed the colonial cities of Latin America. This growth was propelled by the new urban bourgeois' investment in modernization and industrialization and was marked by the lower classes' relocation from the old city districts to the outskirts.
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