El otro desierto de la Nación Argentina

"Thoughtful examination of royalist intrigues and monarchist sympathies within the Argentine revolutionary elite just after independence. Segreti makes it clear that although the republican option was that which won out in the end, this was by no means inevitable, and many sincere revolutionaries regarded monarchy as an appropriate solution to the political chaos of their times"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

La conquista y el poblamiento del actual territorio argentino fueron empresas donde las mujeres cumplieron un papel relevante. Sin embargo, esta contribucion esencial no ha sido reconocida hasta hoy con suficiente justicia. Los roles femeninos en aquellos siglos fueron multiples y, por cierto, plenos de sacrificios, cuando no de humillaciones y de vergonzantes silencios. Tanto espanolas como indias y mestizas fueron agentes naturales de la continuidad cultural a la que pertenecian, asi como responsables de mejorar las condiciones de vida en la tierra donde vivian con sus hombres y sus hijos....

Vol. I traces Jewish influence in colonial Argentina, and Jewish origins of many of the most illustrious Argentinian families. Pt. A (pp. 15-46), "España-Portugal-Brasil: La aparición del judío portugués", describes the expulsion from Spain, the forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal (1497), the ordeal of the Conversos at the hands of the Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821), and the massive emigration, and sometimes deportation, of Conversos to Brazil. Pt. B (pp. 49-263) analyzes the Jewish presence in the Spanish Río de la Plata where Portuguese Conversos sought refuge from 1580,...

"The Peronist left arose in reaction to attempts to supress the movement. Ironically, its great victory, in forcing the military to accept Perón's return to power, also led to its demise. Legitimated by elections, Perón isolated and attacked his young supporters. A familiar story, but well told and documented"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.