Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Between 1880 and 1916, nearly 3 million immigrants came to Argentina, principally from
Europe. Many immigrants lived in squalid circumstances as shown in this view of tenant
housing in Buenos Aires around 1910.
(Patricia Harris Postcard Collection, Benson Latin
American Collection, University of Texas at Austin)
wages averaged about 25 percent more than those earned by workers
in Paris. Suburban home ownership became a reality for thrifty skilled
workers, as an expert mechanic in Buenos Aires was able to buy a lot
and build a house after saving regularly for a decade.
Population of the City of Buenos Aires, 1914-1936
1914
1936
Argentine males
394,463
35%
726,524
30%
Argentine females
403,506
35%
816,583
34%
Foreign males
455,507
19%
476,522
20%
Foreign females
323,338
11%
394,200
16%
Total 1,576,814 2,413,829
Source: Richard J. Walter, in Stanley R. Ross and Thomas F. McGann.
BuenosAires:400
Years.
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982), pp. 69, 71.
