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An early 20th-century view of downtown Buenos Aires
(Patricia Harris Postcard Collection,
Benson Latin American Collection, the University of Texas at Austin)
The emerging urban middle class made up part of the Radical elec-
torate for seemingly conflicting reasons. On the one hand, the middle
class hated the landed oligarchy for monopolizing politics and eco-
nomic opportunities. And despite its immigrant origins, the middle
