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The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina—in all its complexity—has often been obscured by variations of the "like Europe and not like the rest of Latin America" cliché. The Argentina Reader deliberately breaks from that viewpoint. This essential introduction to Argen...more
Paperback, 600 pages
Published
December 25th 2002
by Duke University Press Books
(first published November 2002)
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Brilliant compilation of texts regarding Argentina, includes almost every possible topic of consequence (i.e. also football)
Good, but dense. Better material for a semester-long course on Argentina than a month long learn-before-you-travel. But I definitely come away with a better idea of the history and politics of the country, which I think will help me to better appreciate what I'm seeing and experiencing when I visit.
An anthology of brief original texts, set in chronological order, in an attempt to convey the four-dimensionality of Argentina.
great big book of small stories and poems about Argentina or writen by Argentinians. Great for quick reads.
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