Territorios reales, territorios pensados, territorios posibles

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,...

A la deuda externa se la presenta como un hecho inmutable, sin posibilidad alguna de evolucion, en sentido positivo o negativo; como si fuera un elemento de la naturaleza, tan definitivo como el clima, tan inexplicable como el universo. Sin embargo, no es asi. Se trata de una cuestion politica, que es un punto central de una politica economica global y que debe discutirse a fondo. Para ello, ante todo se debe saber que ocurrio y que soluciones alternativas existen. Este libro de Alfredo Eric Calcagno y Eric Calcagno se propone explicar la deuda externa, en especial a todos aquellos que eran...

"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.