Written in political exile by one of Argentina's greatest statesmen and intellectuals, this work is ostensibly a biography of the gaucho "barbarian" Juan Facundo Quiroga. It is also a complex and passionate investigation of the dialectic of civilization and barbarism. Sarmiento explores the impact of Argentinian geography on the life of the gaucho ...
A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's "Facundo" has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational text appears here for the first time in its entirety. An educator and ...
One of the most remarkable travel books ever written by the Argentine Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. At the moment of departing for Europe, Algiers and North America, the 34 year old Sarmiento had already written his famous "Facundo, " had suffered two exiles due to political reasons, and possessed a cultural background unique in the southern ...
En la edicin crtica de Viajes, de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, coordinada por Javier Fernndez, colaboran, en la historia del texto, los siguientes investigadores: Paul Verdevoye, Rubn Bentez, Vanni Blengino, Leo Pollmann, William H. Katra y Jaime O. Pellicer. Se incluye una cronologa y una extensa bibliografa.
Sarmiento's book about general Angel Vicente Pealoza, the "Chacho," must be counted among the testimonies on the difficulties encountered by "civilization" when, in the need to interact with "barbarism," puts its civilized condition at stake.
"Facundo" is a text about geography, sociology, politics, and history all blended together, as well as the clear preview of the government program of who would become the president of Argentina 15 years later.
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
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Rigoberta Menchu, Elizabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Ann Wright (Translator)
