Marcelo T. de Alvear

Looks at the life of one of the founders of Argentine Nationalism, Enrique Osés. Osés began as a Catholic and confessional journalist, who continued as a journalist and nationalist thinker and who finally stands as the leader of the most influential political movement outside the political parties of the system.

"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.

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,...

Hijo de una familia cordobesa tan numerosa como politizada, Fernando Vaca Narvaja fue parte de esa "juventud maravillosa" alentada por Juan Domingo Perón y el propio peronismo, que, lejos de entregarse, se rearmó con renovadas energías durante los años sesenta.