The Argentina reader : history, culture, politics

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Label

The Argentina reader : history, culture, politics

Title remainder

history, culture, politics

Statement of responsibility

edited by Gabriela Nouzeilles and Graciela Montaldo

Contributor

• Nouzeilles, Gabriela
• Montaldo, Graciela R

Subject

• Argentina
• Argentina -- Civilization
• Civilization
• History

Genre

• trueHistory

Language

• eng
• und
• eng

Summary

"Many selections deal with the history of indigenous Argentines, workers, women, blacks, and other groups often ignored in descriptions of the country. At the same time, the book includes excerpts by or about such major political figures as José de San Martín and Juan Perón. Pieces from literary and social figures virtually unknown in the United States appear alongside those by more well-known writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Ricardo Piglia, and Julio Cortázar. It covers the Spanish colonial regime; the years of nation building following Argentina's independence from Spain in 1810; and the sweeping progress of economic growth and cultural change that made Argentina, by the turn of the twentieth century, the most modern country in Latin America. The bulk of the collection focuses on the twentieth century: on the popular movements that enabled Peronism and the revolutionary dreams of the 1960s and 1970s; on the dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 and the accompanying culture of terror and resistance; and, finally, on the contradictory and disconcerting tendencies unleashed by the principles of neoliberalism and the new global economy."--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Latin America readers
• Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

982

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Language note

Translated into English

LC call number

F2810

LC item number

.A646 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

• The Latin America readers
• Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução