About this book:

Discover the city behind the legend: Buenos Aires, from its Indigenous riverlands and fragile Spanish foundations to its rise as a Latin American capital of politics, culture, migration, and modernity. *Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: A Concise History* brings the city’s dramatic past to life, tracing revolutions, civil wars, immigrant neighborhoods, labor uprisings, Peronism, dictatorship, democracy, and the crises that reshaped Argentina.

Vivid, accessible, and rich with historical insight, this concise guide reveals how plazas, ports, architecture, protest, tango, and everyday urban life all bear the marks of centuries of struggle and reinvention. For travelers, students, and history lovers alike, it offers a compelling portrait of a city that has never been just a backdrop to history—but one of its most powerful protagonists.