Gade (1971) Translocation of Latin American Capitals and the Concept of Functional Centralization

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Translocation of Latin American Capitals and the Concept of Functional Centralization

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Author:

Gade, Daniel W. (University of Vermont)

PROCEEDINGS TITLE:

Proceedings of a Joint Divisional Meeting held at Columbia University, October 29-30, 1971: New England St.Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (Vol. 1) and Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers (Vol. 5)

YEAR:

1971

PUB TYPE:

Conference Paper in Proceedings

PAGES:

29 - 32

SUBJECT(S):

None

DISCIPLINE:

Geography

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LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-386-068 (Last edited on 2003/01/05 14:07:41 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Capital location in Latin America is based in large measure on the notion of all important national functions emanating from one city. This assumption, based largely on Iberian colonial models, has resulted in the shift of a dozen capital cities. In the case of Bolivia, the old nodal core of Sucre, although central in location, became perhpheral to the modernizing influences of national life in the late nineteenth century and was forced to concede the capital to La Paz, the undisputed economic pivot of the country. In several countries today tensions exist because of econonmic challenges to the national leadership of the capital city. Only in Brazil has the Iberian concept of functionnal centralization been rejected.

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