América Latina en la economía política mundial

"An overview of the history of indigenous peoples in Argentina, based mainly on secondary sources. Colonization, resistance, the 'conquest of the desert,' and the Chaco campaigns receive considerable attention"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

En este excepcional volumen, cuarto de la Biblioteca del Pensamiento Argentino, Tulio Halperin Donghi -responsable del importante estudio que abre el libro- ha preparado una extensa y heterogenea seleccion del pensamiento publico del periodo 1910/1930 de la historia nacional. El punto de partida, en el primer centenario de la Revolucion de Mayo, presenta el momento en que el esfuerzo por pensar la Argentina toma un rumbo radicalmente nuevo y culmina con la crisis y el golpe de 1930. Por las paginas de esta obra transitan los nuevos sujetos colectivos: intelectuales, obreros, sindicalistas,...

"Written by long-time editor of Todo es Historia, this is a highly polished popular history of Argentina in the 1850s-60s. Topics covered include the rise and fall of Urquiza, the beginnings of porteño domination under Mitre, the Paraguayan War, and the Montonero rebellions. Recommended for the general reader"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"The Peronist left arose in reaction to attempts to supress the movement. Ironically, its great victory, in forcing the military to accept Perón's return to power, also led to its demise. Legitimated by elections, Perón isolated and attacked his young supporters. A familiar story, but well told and documented"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.