Table of Contents

Preface

1. Prelude to Nationhood
2. Mariano Moreno
3· Populism, Federalism, and the Gauchesque
4· The Rivadavians
5· The Generation of 1837, Part One
6. The Generation of 1837, Part Two
7· Alberdi and Sarmiento: The Widening Breach
8. Bartolome Mitre and the Gallery of Argentine Celebrities
9. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part One
10. Roots of Argentine Nationalism, Part Two

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Nicholas Shumway is Associate Professor of Spanish at Yale University and the author of numerous articles on Spanish and Spanish American literature.