The invention of Argentina / Nicolas Shumway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shumway, Nicolas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Argentina Attitudes.

Intellectuals.

Nationalism--Argentina--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Argentina--Intellectual life--19th century.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 325 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1991]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. In The Invention of Argentina, Nicholas Shumway offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world. His analysis is crucial to understanding not only Argentina's development but also current events in the Argentine Republic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Prelude to Nationhood

2. Mariano Moreno

3. Populism, Federalism, and the Gauchesque

4. The Rivadavians

5. The Generation of 1837, Part One

6. The Generation of 1837, Part Two

7. Alberdi and Sarmiento: The Widening Breach

8. Bartolomé Mitre and the Gallery of Argentine Celebrities

9. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part One

10. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part Two

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520913851

052091385X

9780585181677

0585181675

OCLC:

1149418239