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A brief history of Argentina / Jonathan C. Brown.
LIBRA F2831 .B88 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Charles), 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Argentina--History.
- Argentina.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts On File, [2003]
- Summary:
- Argentina's population ranks among the most educated and talented in Latin America. The humid and temperate Pampas is one of the largest and most fertile plains areas in the world. The national capital of Buenos Aires remains one of the great cultural centers of the Americas. With so much to offer
- Contents:
- Ancient Argentina and the European Encounter
- The Colonial Río de la Plata
- Imperial Reform and Conflict in the Río de la Plata
- Crisis of the Colonial Order and Revolution
- Agrarian Expansion and Nation Building, 1820-1880
- The Liberal Age, 1880-1916
- The Decline of Liberalism, 1916-1930
- The Rise of Populism, 1930-1955
- The Failure of De-Peronization, 1955-1983
- The Neo-Liberal Age Begins
- Conclusion : history as predator.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816049599
- OCLC:
- 49679651
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