Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism (Penguin Classics)

Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism (Penguin Classics)

Ostensibly a biography of the gaucho barbarian Juan Facundo Quiroga, Facundo is also a complex, passionate work of history, sociology, and political commentary, and Latin America's most important essay of the nineteenth century. ItÂ is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835â€“1852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated todayâ€”questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.Â Facundoâ€™sÂ celebrated and frequently anthologized portraits ofÂ Quiroga and other colorful characters give readers an exhilarating sense of Argentine culture in the making.

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