La maquinaria del poder

Historia de la vida privada en Cordoba, tercer volumen de la serie Historia de la vida privada en la Argentina, continua el itinerario de un relato nacional que intenta revertir la inercia ideologica de Buenos Aires y rescata los variados aportes regionales a la formacion de nuestra identidad. Este recorrido que abarca el periodo comprendido entre 1850 y 1970 rinde homenaje a la provincia de Cordoba, centro geografico y cultural del pais desde los inicios de nuestra historia. A partir de la reevaluacion de la herencia colonial que condiciona la instauracion del nuevo orden social durante los...

Describes events leading up to the independence of Argentina and notes the acknowledgment by the United States of the country's indepedence from Spain.

"Brilliant examination of the Italian bibliographer who lent his considerable talents to the Rosas regime in the mid 1800s. Though de Angelis might have had questionable politics, his contribution to Latin American scholarship was tremendous; he assembled and organized a vitally important collection of books, maps, documents, and pamphlets on the early history of the Plata still used today. Sabor's prize-winning study is part biography, part bibliographical essay, and wholly erudite. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.