Historias de acá

"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.

Esta obra de Felipe Pigna rastrea procesos para entender la sociedad de hace 200 años y los combates que iniciaron el fin del régimen colonial en Latinoamérica. La larga tradición de resistencia a la dominación, emprendida por los pueblos originarios desde el inicio mismo de la conquista; las penurias y luchas de los esclavos por su liberación; las complejas relaciones entre las clases y los sectores sociales del régimen colonial; la influencia de las revoluciones en América y Europa y las causas internas y externas de la crisis de la sociedad colonial integran este estudio.

"Well-crafted, readable biography of a key Unitarian general (1797-1841)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Who is María Eugenia Vidal, the woman who, at just over 40, without territorial weight or political apparatus, managed to defeat the powerful Partido Justicialista of Buenos Aires Province? Anointed by Mauricio Macri, she ended up guaranteeing him the presidential triumph in elections that few believed he would win. In the Pro, allies and enemies alike know that their administration depends on the continuity of the still-new Macri regime. With little strident style, a cultist of the lowest profile, Vidal surprised everyone whenever she faced a public challenge: from the very tough...