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The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. This book offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world.

Table of 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. Bartolome Mitre and the Gallery of Argentine Celebrities
9. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part One
10. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part Two

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 18/03/1993
      ISBN13: 9780520082847, 978-0520082847
      ISBN10: 0520082842
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      Cultural studies Decolonisation

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. This book offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world.

      Table of 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. Bartolome Mitre and the Gallery of Argentine Celebrities
      9. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part One
      10. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part Two

      Epilogue
      Bibliography
      Index

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