Provides an overview of the history of Argentina spanning 12,000 years, focusing on key events and cultural patterns, and examining the economic and political challenges facing the country today.
A brief history of Argentina
This book is a brilliant portrait of Argentine history between the first foundation of Buenos Aires and the years following the collapse of Peron's second presidency.
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1994, attained instant status as a classic.
Covering the entire sweep of Argentina's history from pre-Columbian times to today Lewis outlines the connections between the colonial era and the 19th century, and focuses closely on the last three decades of the twentieth century, during ...
From an inauspicious start as a muddy backwater of Imperial Spain to a global trading economy, Colin M. Lewis traces the rise and fall of Argentina in this authoritative history....
In this book, you will learn about: The people groups who lived in the country before European colonization The Spanish conquistadors who made their mark on the country The May Revolution and Argentina's struggle for independence The ...
A study of the life of Juan Peron, discussing his achievements and the unique bond that united Peron and his fellow Argentinians in a relationship of unusual loyalty
Cf. Weil , Argentine Riddle , 76-80 , 107–10 ; Alison M. MacEwan , “ The Invisible Proletariat . " 36. The classic study on land in this period is Carl C. Taylor , Rural Life in Argentina . 37. For political aspects of industrial growth ...
See, e.g., A. Fernández, Sindicalismo e iglesia; A.J. Soneira, Las estrategias institucionales de la Iglesia Católica; D.H. Levine, Religion and Political Conflictin Latin America; R. Gillespie, Soldiers of Perón, p. 64—5.
... lowering wages and the general price level and finally bringing about a new equilibrium of the economy. ... as it was supposed to mainly because the volume of exports was not a function of Argentine prices but of world demand.