TY - BOOK AU - Bross,Benjamin TI - Mexico City's Zócalo: a history of a constructed spatial identity T2 - Routledge research in architectural history SN - 9780367510749 AV - F1386.6.P58 B76 2022 U1 - 972.53 B76 2022 23 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Public spaces KW - Mexico KW - Mexico City KW - History KW - Political aspects KW - Mexicans KW - Ethnic identity KW - Plaza de la Constitución (Mexico City, Mexico) KW - Ethnic relations KW - Mexico City (Mexico) KW - Social life and customs KW - Buildings, structures, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: From Mexica Axis Mundi to Spanish conquest -- Chapter 2: The Plaza Mayor's nascent urbanscape -- Chapter 3: Major events in the Plaza Mayor during the Viceroyalty -- Chapter 4: The last decades of the Viceroyal period -- Chapter 5: A nascent national identity -- Chapter 6: Mexico's second empire and the restored republic -- Chapter 7: Expressions of national identity during the Porfiriato -- Chapter 8: From the Mexican Revolution to World War II -- Chapter 9: The Plaza de la Constitución in the second half of the 20th century -- Chapter 10: A recent history of the Zócalo as public space -- Chapter 11: The Zócalo, Mexico's public square -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Index N2 - "This book presents a case study of one of Latin America's most important and symbolic spaces, the Zócalo in Mexico City, weaving together historic events and corresponding morphological changes in the urban environment. It poses questions about how the identity of a place emerges; how it evolves and, why does it change? Mexico City's Zócalo: A History of a Constructed Spatial Identity utilizes the history of a specific place, the Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución), to explain the emergence and evolution of Mexican identities over time. Starting from the Pre-Hispanic period to present day, the work illustrates how the Zócalo reveals spatial manifestations as part of the larger socio-cultural zeitgeist. By focusing on the history of changes in spatial production -what Henri Lefebvre calls society's "secretions"- Bross traces how cultural, social, economic and political forces shaped the Zócalo's spatial identity, and in turn, how the Zócalo shaped and fostered new identities in return. It will be a fascinating read for architectural and urban historians investigating Latin America"-- ER -