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Title: The Bureaucrats of Buenos Aires, 1769-1810: Amor al Real Servicio
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0822307537
ISBN 13: 9780822307532
Binding: hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: like-new
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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In this work Susan Socolow examines bureaucrats in early modern society by concentrating on those of Buenos Aires under the Bourbon reforms in the late colonial bureaucracy, Socolow studies the individuals who held positions in the colonial civil service―their recruitment, aspirations, job tenure, professional advancement, and economic position.

The late eighteenth century was a critical time for the southernmost regions of Latin America, for in this period they became a separate political entity, the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Socolow's work, part of a continuing study of the political, economic, and social elites of the emerging city of Buenos Aires, here considers the bureaucracy put into place by the Bourbon reforms. The author examines the professional and personal circumstances of all bureaucrats, from the high-ranking heads of agencies to the more lowly clerks, contrasting their expectations and their actual experiences. She pays particular attention to their recruitment, promotion, salary, and retirement, as well as their marriage and kinship relationships in the local society.

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"An important book on a neglected topic. . . . [It] clarifies our understanding of how the colonial system operated."
--Vera Blinn Reber," The Americas"

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