This fact-filled book begins with an overview of Argentina, then goes on to explore the nation's geography, history, economy, wildlife, cultural traditions, and much more. Readers will learn a variety of information, including how this nation's people like to celebrate and what they like to eat. Vibrant photographs attract the reader's attention, while lively text provides important information and fun facts on a wealth of topics.
Splendid and indispensable!"--Ariel Dorfman
"Imagining Argentina is set in the dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the general's prison cells and torture chambers. When Carlos...
Omnibus Trade Act of the United States, the Office of the United States Trade Representative must issue an annual report indicating which countries do not adequately protect intellectual property. Countries that are reported to be in ...
Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a joie de vivre that are all their own.
This book examines Argentine literary narratives from 1850 to 1880, including Amalia (1851) by Jose Marmol, Recuerdos de provincia (1850) by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Una excursion a los indios ranqueles (1870) by Lucio V. Mansilla and ...
... to the Falklands.56 But neither his position nor Jackson's was precisely consistent with that of Edward Livingston, ... United States.59 Jacksonian Diplomacy on Paper The charge d'affaires selected by President Jackson to undertake ...
In this work of superior scholarship, Robben analyzes the historical dynamic through which Argentina became entangled in a web of violence spun out of repeated traumatization of political adversaries.
The story Argentina: The Beautiful Land is a fictional story of family, love, conflicts, and challenges beginning in the early 1980s, using the then-coming war between Argentina and Great Britain concerning ownership of the Falkland Islands ...
The basis of this proposal is the study of quality of life from an interdisciplinary perspective. This volume presents a set of contributions from different sciences that analyse the quality of life in Argentina.
In so many ways, this is a wise, intelligent, balanced book.”—Stanley Brandes, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond