Political books from Argentina
Recommended political books (13)
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If you are into political here are some political books from Argentina for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Los dueños de la Argentina: Amalita Fortabat. Carlos Bulgheroni. Francisco Macri. Roberto Rocca. Jorge Born by Luis Majul ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
"Muckraking essays about how some of Argentina's richest men made their fortunes: Pérez Companc, Soldati, Roggio, and Pescamona. Good reading and good insight into Argentine culture. Could be read in conjunction with item #bi 95025518#"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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Operation Massacre by Rodolfo Walsh EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
1956. Argentina has just lost its charismatic president Juán Perón in a military coup, and terror reigns across the land. June 1956: eighteen people are reported dead in a failed Peronist uprising. December 1956: sometime journalist, crime fiction writer, studiedly unpoliticized chess aficionado Rodolfo Walsh learns by chance that one of the executed civilians from a separate, secret execution in June, is alive. He hears that there may be more than one survivor and believes this unbelievable story on the spot. And right there, the monumental classic Operation Massacre is born. Walsh made it hi... continue
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Soy Roca by Félix Luna ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Aunque por momentos pueda parecer una novela, éste es un libro de historia que relata la etapa de mayores y más profundas transformaciones de la Argentina en la voz del general Julio A. Roca. Pues es el propio Roca quien cuenta su vida y su trayectoria, lo que permite al autor describir los fascinantes cambios que vivió a lo largo de su existencia quien fuera dos veces Presidente de la Nación y fundador de la Argentina moderna, diera impulso a la ley de Educación Común e incorporara la Patagonia como Territorio Nacional al precio del atropello a sus pu... continue