Table of Contents

PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVES 3. NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION 1853-1880 4. THE 'GOLDEN AGE' 1880-1930 5. THE 'INFAMOUS DECADE' 1930-1943 6. PERONISM: THE ORIGINAL PROTAGONISTS 7. THE RISE OF PERON, 1943-1945 8. THE 'REVOLUTION' OF OCTOBER 17TH, 1945 9. PERONISM IN POWER 1946-1952: THE FIRST PRESIDENCY 10. THE DEATH OF EVITA AND THE FALL OF PERON 11. PERONISM PROSCRIBED 12. DESCENT INTO CHAOS 13. 'RETURN TO DEMOCRACY' 14. DEFAULT AND DISARRAY

About the Author

Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin America at Oxford Analytica since 2001 and was formerly Editorial Manager of business information service Esmerk Argentina. She has a PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool.