Fernando Vaca Narvaja

"Retired general blames the pacifism, isolationism, legalism, moralism, and Eurocentricity of some members of Argentina's political and economic elite for engendering the lack of 'territorial consciousness' that encouraged the acceptance of detrimental border agreements such as those signed with Chile in 1881/1893. Questionable facts and arguments but reflects the uncompromising nationalistic views of some significant military and political groups"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

This book aims at following a path of tensions, analysing the forms born by the internationalization projects Argentine art and artistic avant-gardes adopted in the sixties. The author describes the conditions that paved the way for their conception, the strategies to accomplish them, the images that best suited their representation and the antagonistic and opposing discourses, which beat the rhythm of the controversies that characterized the period.

Aborda el diálogo entre los textos de viajeros extranjeros y los intelectuales locales de cada país (Argentina, Perú, Paraguay) en la conformación de sus ficciones nacionales.

"Lavishly produced biography of the Argentine who carried the patriot cause to the interior provinces, Paraguay, and Upper Peru. Includes brief, thoughtful pieces on such topics as iconography, genealogy, economic and political thought, military organization, and Belgrano's relations with women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.