Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism (original Spanish title: Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie) is a book written in 1845 by
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh
president of
Argentina. It is a cornerstone of
Latin American literature: a work of
creative non-fiction that helped to define the parameters for thinking about the region's development, modernization, power, and culture. Subtitled Civilization and Barbarism, Facundo contrasts
civilization and
barbarism as seen in early nineteenth-century Argentina. Literary critic
Roberto González Echevarría calls the work "the most important book written by a Latin American in any discipline or genre".
Facundo describes the life of
Juan Facundo Quiroga, a gaucho who had terrorized provincial Argentina in the 1820s and 1830s. Kathleen Ross, one of Facundos English translators, points out that the author also published Facundo to "denounce the tyranny of the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas". Sarmiento sees Rosas as heir to Facundo: both are caudillos and representatives of a barbarism that derives from the nature of the Argentine countryside. ('Full article...)
The General Manuel Belgrano Bridge spans the Paraná river and connects
Corrientes and
Chaco provinces in Argentina. This photo is taken from
Corrientes city, and you can see a beach by Paraná river. The far big building is a
silo in
Barranqueras, Chaco province.
Image 3Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
Image 12Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in
Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of indigenous peoples (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 28The ousting of President
Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
Image 37Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
Image 38The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the
Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
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Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism (original Spanish title: Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie) is a book written in 1845 by
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh
president of
Argentina. It is a cornerstone of
Latin American literature: a work of
creative non-fiction that helped to define the parameters for thinking about the region's development, modernization, power, and culture. Subtitled Civilization and Barbarism, Facundo contrasts
civilization and
barbarism as seen in early nineteenth-century Argentina. Literary critic
Roberto González Echevarría calls the work "the most important book written by a Latin American in any discipline or genre".
Facundo describes the life of
Juan Facundo Quiroga, a gaucho who had terrorized provincial Argentina in the 1820s and 1830s. Kathleen Ross, one of Facundos English translators, points out that the author also published Facundo to "denounce the tyranny of the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas". Sarmiento sees Rosas as heir to Facundo: both are caudillos and representatives of a barbarism that derives from the nature of the Argentine countryside. ('Full article...)
The General Manuel Belgrano Bridge spans the Paraná river and connects
Corrientes and
Chaco provinces in Argentina. This photo is taken from
Corrientes city, and you can see a beach by Paraná river. The far big building is a
silo in
Barranqueras, Chaco province.
Image 3Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
Image 12Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in
Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of indigenous peoples (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 28The ousting of President
Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
Image 37Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
Image 38The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the
Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
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are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
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