Download or read book Carlos Pellegrini and the Crisis of the Argentine Elites 1880 1916 written by Douglas Richmond and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-10-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a political biography of Carlos Pellegrini and a study of political economy, this book challenges traditional views of Argentine history. Covering the period from 1880 through 1916, Richmond reconstructs this period of elite rule. He demonstrates that Pellegrini solved recent problems nearly 100 years earlier and questions why the military, middle class reformers, and populists have failed where the elites often succeeded. The author's main hypothesis is that the Pellegrini regime was a turning point in Argentine history. The departure of the elites coincided with a decline in stability in this country. This work focuses on Pellegrini's two year presidential term during which he strengthened the economy and overhauled the fiscal system. Within this context the author examines three related themes: Argentina's ties to Europe, the rise of nationalism, and Pellegrini's relationship with Julio Roca. Making extensive use of archival material rarely used by historians, Richmond concludes by discussing socioeconomic forces that have weakened Argentina since the fall of Peron in 1955. Carlos Pellegrini and the Crisis of the Argentine Elites is a study of the life and times of Carlos Pellegrini, an important leader who pulled Argentina out of the deep fiscal and political crisis of 1890. Covering the period 1880 to 1916, chapters include: Political Disputes and Socioeconomic Change, 1870-1886; Juarez Celman and the 1890 Revolt; Pellegrini's Fiscal & Economic Policies; Conflict in the Countryside; Diplomacy and National Politics; Evolution as Independent Statesman 1893-1906; Success and Failure of Elite Rule
Download or read book Carlos Pellegrini and the Crisis of the Argentine Elites 1880 1916 written by Douglas Richmond and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-10-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a political biography of Carlos Pellegrini and a study of political economy, this book challenges traditional views of Argentine history. Covering the period from 1880 through 1916, Richmond reconstructs this period of elite rule. He demonstrates that Pellegrini solved recent problems nearly 100 years earlier and questions why the military, middle class reformers, and populists have failed where the elites often succeeded. The author's main hypothesis is that the Pellegrini regime was a turning point in Argentine history. The departure of the elites coincided with a decline in stability in this country. This work focuses on Pellegrini's two year presidential term during which he strengthened the economy and overhauled the fiscal system. Within this context the author examines three related themes: Argentina's ties to Europe, the rise of nationalism, and Pellegrini's relationship with Julio Roca. Making extensive use of archival material rarely used by historians, Richmond concludes by discussing socioeconomic forces that have weakened Argentina since the fall of Peron in 1955. Carlos Pellegrini and the Crisis of the Argentine Elites is a study of the life and times of Carlos Pellegrini, an important leader who pulled Argentina out of the deep fiscal and political crisis of 1890. Covering the period 1880 to 1916, chapters include: Political Disputes and Socioeconomic Change, 1870-1886; Juarez Celman and the 1890 Revolt; Pellegrini's Fiscal & Economic Policies; Conflict in the Countryside; Diplomacy and National Politics; Evolution as Independent Statesman 1893-1906; Success and Failure of Elite Rule
Download or read book The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America 1880 1970 written by Dennis Gilbert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decades of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, a new class—the oligarchy—consolidated its wealth and political power in Latin America. Its members were the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, and bankers who were growing rich in a rapidly expanding global economy. Examining these immensely powerful groups, Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly a century. He then sketches a fine-grained portrait of three prominent Peruvian families, providing a vivid window into the everyday exercise of power. Here we see the oligarchs arranging the deportation of “political undesirables,” controlling labor through means subtle and brutal, orchestrating press campaigns, extending credit on easy terms to rising military officers, and financing the overthrow of an unfriendly government. Gilbert concludes by answering three questions: What were the sources of oligarchic power? What were the forces that undermined it? Why did oligarchies persist longer in some countries than in others? His clear, comprehensible, and illuminating analysis will make this an invaluable book for all students of modern Latin America.
Download or read book The History of Argentina written by Daniel K. Lewis and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the entire sweep of Argentina's history from pre-Columbian times to today Lewis outlines the connections between the colonial era and the 19th century, and focuses closely on the last three decades of the twentieth century, during which Argentina dealt with the legacies of Peronism and of military dictatorship, as well as establishing a stable democracy.
Download or read book Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina written by James A Baer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1868 through 1939, anarchists' migrations from Spain to Argentina and back again created a transnational ideology and influenced the movement's growth in each country. James A. Baer follows the lives, careers, and travels of Diego Abad de Santillán, Manuel Villar, and other migrating anarchists to highlight the ideological and interpersonal relationships that defined a vital era in anarchist history. Drawing on extensive interviews with Abad de Santillán, José Grunfeld, and Jacobo Maguid, along withunusual access to anarchist records and networks, Baer uncovers the ways anarchist migrants in pursuit of jobs and political goals formed a critical nucleus of militants, binding the two countries in an ideological relationship that profoundly affected the history of both. He also considers the impact of reverse migration and discusses political decisions that had a hitherto unknown influence on the course of the Spanish Civil War. Personal in perspective and transnational in scope, Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina offers an enlightening history of a movement and an era.
Download or read book Democracy in Latin America written by Thomas C. Wright and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expertly traces the long, erratic, and incomplete path of Latin America’s political and socioeconomic democratization, from a group of colonies lacking democratic practice and culture up to the present. Using the lens of democracy defined by the charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), it examines the periods of US gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean Basin, the Cold War, the state terrorist dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, the imposition of neoliberalism in the 1990s, and the rise of the Pink Tide in the new millennium. The meaning of democracy has changed over time, from nineteenth-century liberalism—in which only a handful of wealthy males voted and individuals were responsible for their economic and social conditions—to governments in the late twentieth century that have embraced socioeconomic democracy by assuming responsibility (at least formally) for citizens’ welfare. Latin America’s movement toward democracy has not been linear. The book follows the appearance and evolution of both proponents and opponents of democracy over the last two centuries. The balance of these forces has shifted periodically, often in waves that swept across the entire region. Commitment to democracy does not guarantee implementation, but despite many setbacks, Latin America has made significant progress toward the democratic aspirations set forth in the OAS charter. Thorough and accessibly written, Democracy in Latin America is an essential text for students studying Latin American politics and history.
Download or read book In the Absence of Don Porfirio written by Peter V. N. Henderson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barra became interim president of Mexico in 1911 after the fall of dictator Porfirio Diaz, whom he had long supported, and ruled only a short time before popular insurrection and revolution swept the country. Drawing on extensive archival material, Henderson (history, Winona State U., Minnesota) presents a biography that portrays him as a reformer and bridge between the old and new governments. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book A Guide to Intra state Wars written by Jeffrey S. Dixon and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes how civil war is defined and categorized and presents data and descriptions for nearly 300 civil wars waged from 1816 to the present. Analyzing trends over time and regions, this work is the definitive source for understanding the phenomenon of civil war.
Download or read book Between Revolution and the Ballot Box written by Paula Alonso and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive study of the formative years of the Argentine Radical Party.
Download or read book Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas written by Evan C. Rothera and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latter half of the nineteenth century, three violent national conflicts rocked the Americas: the Wars of Unification in Argentina, the War of the Reform and French Intervention in Mexico, and the Civil War in the United States. The recovery efforts that followed reshaped the Western Hemisphere. In Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas, Evan C. Rothera uses both transnational and comparative methodologies to highlight similarities and differences among the wars and reconstructions in the US, Mexico, and Argentina. In doing so, he uncovers a new history that stresses the degree to which cooperation and collaboration, rather than antagonism and discord, characterized the relationships among the three countries. This study serves as a unique assessment of a crucial period in the history of the Americas and speaks to the perpetual battle between visions of international partnership and isolation.
Download or read book Mr Darley s Arabian written by Christopher McGrath and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that, and although Mr. Darley's Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him. In this book, for the first time, award-winning racing writer Christopher McGrath traces this extraordinary bloodline through twenty-five generations to our greatest modern racehorse, Frankel.The story of racing is about man's relationship with horses, and Mr. Darley's Arabian also celebrates the men and women who owned, trained and traded the stallions that extended the dynasty. McGrath expertly guides us through three centuries of scandals, adventures and fortunes won and lost: our sporting life offers a fascinating view into our history. With a canvas that extends from the diamond mines of South Africa to the trenches of the Great War, and a cast ranging from Smithfield meat salesmen to the inspiration for Mr. Toad, and from legendary jockeys to not one, but two disreputable Princes of Wales (and a very unamused Queen Victoria), Mr. Darley's Arabian shows us the many faces of the sport of kings.
Download or read book Argentina written by Colin M. MacLachlan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has Argentina failed so spectacularly, both economically and politically? It is a puzzle because the country seemed to have all the requirements for greatness, including a well-established middle class of professionals. Its failure raises the specter that other middle-class societies could also fail. In Argentina, MacLachlan delivers history with a plot, a sense of direction and purpose, and fascinating conclusions that reveal a much more complex picture of Argentina than one might have had in mind prior to reading this book. Argentina traces the roots of the nation from the late colonial period to the present, and examines the impact of events that molded it: the failure of political accommodation in 1912, the role of the oligarchy, the development of a middle class, gender issues, the elaboration of a distinct culture, the era of Peron, the army, and the dirty war. The conclusion suggests the reasons for the nation's difficulties. The IMF, World Bank, and international financial markets play a role, but so does a high level of political corruption and mismanagement of the economy that emerged from political and economic failure. Juan and Eva Peron tried to override politics to create an economic and social balance between urban labor and agriculture interests, but failed. The dirty war arose from that failure. Nationalism forged a culture of victimization and resentment that continues to this day. Laying aside standard explanations, MacLachlan presents a portrait of Argentina that emphasizes the role of a destructive nationalism—and a form a corruption that turns citizens into clients.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture written by Barbara A. Tenenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Latin American Research Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Download or read book Spiritual Nationalism Politics in Argentina 1900 1912 written by Kenneth Weisbrode and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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