Abstract

LOPEZ PASCUAL, Juliana. "Gate and Port of the South of Argentina"? Nuances and Debates in the Image of Bahia Blanca City in Its Regional Context in the Mid-twentieth Century. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.15, pp.270-308. ISSN 2145-132X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/historelo.v8n15.51434.

For over a century the people of Bahia Blanca, Argentinian port city located at the south west of the province of Buenos Aires, they have imagined it and defined it not only as part of the Patagonian territories but also as their legitimate political, economic and cultural center. The aim of historicizing and questioning this idea, trying to account for the interests that were mobilized, the ideological postures that hinted, and the impact it had on the effective regional layout, is what motivates our research. To that end, this article does focus on economic and infrastructural dimension that some debates of mid-twentieth century used simultaneously as evidence and as ultimate goal of this alleged hegemony. For this purpose, we will analyze the writings of Domingo Pronsato and Ricardo M. Ortiz whom, from different geopolitical perspectives, devised specific roles for the city that suited their plans for the regional development of Patagonia.

Keywords : Bahía Blanca; Patagonia; regional history; Domingo Pronsato; Ricardo Ortiz.

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