Document Type
Article
Keywords
José Antonio Alzate, Urban growth, Colonial administration, Census districts, Maps, Urban planning, Urban renewal, Mexico City, 1700-1800
Disciplines
Classical Archaeology and Art History | Latin American History
Abstract
This article considers the urban reforms, growth, and development that took place in Mexico City, Mexico, during the 18th century. The author highlights the study of contemporary city plans, diagrams, and paintings that depict the increasing urban renewal projects that were undertaken at the time. She also comments on the influence of the colonial administrators on these development projects, including the reorganization of the city into cuarteles (quarters), the reform of parishes, and the introduction of censuses. The role of cartographer José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez in creating new city plans is also described.
Publication Title
Colonial Latin American Review, 21:1
Article Number
1045
Publication status
Published; SherpaRomeo status: Green; author cannot archive publisher's version/PDF
Publication Date
4-4-2012
Recommended Citation
Mundy, Barbara E. The Images of Eighteenth-Century Urban Reform in Mexico City and the Plan of José Antonio Alzate, Colonial Latin American Review, 21, no. 1 (2012): 45-75.
