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State building and political movements in Argentina, 1860-1916 / David Rock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rock, David, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Central-local government relations.
- History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Democracy.
- Oligarchy.
- Argentina--Politics and government--1860-1910.
- Argentina.
- Politics and government.
- Oligarchy--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Democracy--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Central-local government relations--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 316 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Under a system of oligarchy, Argentina evolved from a dictator-dominated backwater to the leading nation in Latin America. This book examines this evolution by studying three political movements: "Mitrismo , led by Bartolomé Mitre, "Roquismo , under General Julio A. Roca, which ruled from the 1860s to 1910; and "Radicalismo , a movement that sought to replace the oligarchy with a more democratic system.
- Contents:
- 1. The Age of Mitre 11
- The Contest for the Provinces 14
- The Contest for Buenos Aires 21
- Rebellion in the West 30
- External Consolidation: Uruguay and Paraguay 36
- Internal Resistance 42
- The Presidential Election of 1868 48
- 2. From the Caudillos to Federalization 56
- The Fall of Caudillaje 58
- The League of Governors 64
- Immigrants and Gauchos in Buenos Aires 72
- Buenos Aires: Alsinistas and Mitristas 81
- The Road to Federalization 88
- 3. Order, Progress, and Revolt 102
- The Roca Administration 103
- Liberals, Clerics, and Women 109
- The Rise and Fall of Juarez Celman 116
- 4. The Restoration of Roca and Its Challengers 144
- The Challenge of the Radicals 145
- Politics in the Late 1890s 163
- Popular Politics: The Boundary and Debt-Conversion Questions 173
- 5. The Fall of the Oligarchy 182
- The Oligarchic Power Structure 183
- The Fall of Roca 192
- Reform and Its Aftermath 201
- Map of the "Argentine Confederation," ca. 1850 xii.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804744661
- OCLC:
- 49874971
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