Children of Facundo - Caudillo and Gaucho Insurgency during the Argentine State-Formation Process (La Rioja, 1853-1870)

"Children of Facundo" will stand at the forefront of works on what is arguably the single most important topic among contemporary Latin American historians: the lower classes and nation-state formation. This is history from below at its best."--Charles Walker, author of "Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780-1840"

List of contents

Introduction

1. Caudillos, Provincial Elites, and the Formation of the National State

2. Unitarians and Federalists in Famatina: The Agrarian Component of Political Conflict in a Valley of the Andean Interior

3. The Society of the Llanos
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4. “Gauchos,” “Montoneros,” and “Montoneras”: Social Profile and Internal Workings of the Rebellions

5. Caudillos and Followers: The Forms of a Relationship

6. Facundo and Chacho in Songs and Stories: Oral Culture and the Representations of Leadership

7. Whites and Blacks, Masons and Christians: Ethnicity and Religion in the Political Identity of the Federalist Rebels

8. State-Formation and Party Identity: The New Meanings of Federalism in the 1860s

About the author

Ariel de la Fuente

Summary

Examines post-independence Argentinian instability and political struggle from the perspective of rural lower classes. Exploring 19th-century society, culture, and politics in the Argentine interior, this book departs from the predominant Buenos Aires-centered historiography to analyse this period in the processes of state- and nation-building.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel De La Fuente, de La Fuente, Ariel de la Fuente, Ariel de la Fuente
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2000
• EAN: 9780822325826
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2582-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 726 g
• Illustrations: 2 photographs, 17 illustrations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Argentinien, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Politik und Staat