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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,...

Pern̤ es el?nico soldado que ha quemado su bandera y el?nico catl̤ico que ha quemado sus iglesias". Con esas palabras Winston Churchill describi ̤a su contemporǹeo. El rechazo de la comunidad internacional a la figura de Juan Domingo Pern̤, ese dictador que protegi ̤criminales de guerra nazis y que ahog ̤las libertades individuales en su pas̕, fue unǹime. Por eso el mundo recibi ̤con alivio la noticia del fin de la dictadura peronista en 1955. La cad̕a de ese rǧimen arbitrario fue interpretada como el triunfo de la libertad. Millones de argentinos, los que haba̕n luchado de...

"A noted Santafecino historian produces a fine comprehensive history of the 1864-70 Triple Alliance War, one of the best works on the topic since the 1921 multivolume study of Juan Beverina. Thoroughly depicts Argentine soldier's daily life while on campaign. Based mainly on secondary sources"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Fine research tool catalogs gubernatorial and viceregal edicts by date of declaration and indexes them topically, such as 'Celebraciones' and 'Marina,' and onomastically. Especially useful for social and municipal history of Buenos Aires"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.