Cover Page i THE HISTORY OF ARGENTINA Page ii Other Titles in the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling, Series Editors The History of Brazil Robert M. Levine The History of Canada Scott W. See The History of China David C. Wright The History of France W. Scott Haine The History of Germany Eleanor L. Turk The History of Holland Mark T. Hooker The History of Iran Elton L. Daniel The History of Ireland Daniel Webster Hollis III The History of Isreal Arnold Blumberg The History of Japan Lewis G. Perez The History of Mexico Burton Kirkwood The History of Nigeria Toyin Falola The History of Poland M.B. Biskupski The History of Portugal James M. Anderson The History of Russia James M. Anderson The History of South Africa Roger B. Beck The History of Spain Peter Pierson The History of Turkey Douglas A. Howard Page iii THE HISTORY OF ARGENTINA Daniel K. Lewis The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling, Series Editors Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut • London Page iv Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Lewis, Daniel K., 1959– The history of Argentina / Daniel K. Lewis. p. cm.—(The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096–2905) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–313–31256–7 (alk. paper) 1. Argentina—History. I. Title. II. Series. F2831.L69 2001 982—dc21 2001023872 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2001 by Daniel K. Lewis All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001023872 ISBN: 0313312567 ISSN: 1096–2905 First published in 2001 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v For Ruth and Byron Lord Page vi This page intentionally left blank. Page vii Contents Series Foreword by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling ix Preface xiii Timeline of Historical Events xv 1 Argentina Today 1 2 The Colonial Era (to 1800) 17 3 Independence and the Construction of Argentina (1800–1880) 35 4 Argentina’s “Golden Age” (1880–1910) 53 5 Democracy’s Appearance (1890–1943) 73 6 Perón and Argentina (1943–1955) 93 7 Under Perón’s Shadow (1955–1972) 113 Page viii 8 A Society at War (1970–1983) 133 9 Democracy’s Fragile Return (1983–1995) 151 10 A Country in Transition (1991–2001) 169 Notable People in the History of Argentina 187 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 199 Bibliographic Essay 205 Index 211 Page ix Series Foreword The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series is intended to provide students and interested laypeople with uptodate, concise, and analytical histories of many of the nations of the contemporary world. Not since the 1960s has there been a systematic attempt to publish a series of national histories, and, as series editors, we believe that this series will prove to be a valuable contribution to our understanding of other countries in our increasingly interdependent world. Over thirty years ago, at the end of the 1960s, the Cold War was an accepted reality of global politics, the process of decolonization was still in progress, the idea of a unified Europe with a single currency was unheard of, the United States was mired in a war in Vietnam, and the economic boom of Asia was still years in the future. Richard Nixon was president of the United States, Mao Tsetung (not yet Mao Zedong) ruled China, Leonid Brezhnev guided the Soviet Union, and Harold Wilson was prime minister of the United Kingdom. Authoritarian dictators still ruled most of Latin America, the Middle East was reeling in the wake of the SixDay War, and Shah Reza Pahlavi was at the height of his power in Iran. Clearly, the past thirty years have been witness to a great deal of historical change, and it is to this change that this series is primarily addressed.
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