A History of Argentina by Ezequiel Adamovsky
In A History of Argentina, originally published in Spanish in 2020, Ezequiel Adamovsky presents over five hundred years of Argentine economic, political, social, and cultural history. Adamovsky highlights the experiences of women, Indigenous communities, and other groups that have traditionally been left out of the historical archive. He focuses on harmful aspects of Spanish colonization such as gender subjugation, the violence enacted in the name of the Catholic Church, the role of the economy as it shifted from the encomienda system into modern industrialization, and the devastating effects of slavery, violence, and disease brought to the region by Spanish colonizers. Adamovsky also discusses Argentina’s independence and territorial consolidation, the first democratic elections in 1916, military coups, Peronism, democratization and the neoliberal reforms of the 1980s, and many other facets of Argentine life up to the 2019 presidential election. Concise, accessible, and comprehensive, A History of Argentina is an essential guide to this nation.
“A rich and ambitious work that covers multiple historical dimensions—from economic structures and sociopolitical processes to ethnicities and sexuality—Ezequiel Adamovsky’s A History of Argentina is a magnificent contribution to the English bibliography on Argentine historyIn a landscape dominated by thematic monographs focused on short time periods, Adamovsky offers a conceptually solid and narratively engaging synthesis of current scholarship encompassing the entire country’s history.” -- Pablo Palomino, author of * The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History *
“With this translation, English readers have access to the best single-volume history of Argentina, written by one of the country’s most innovative and influential historians. Ezequiel Adamovsky draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to highlight the experience and agency of ordinary people. Accessible to readers encountering Argentine history for the first time, this engaging account nonetheless has much to teach more experienced students and scholars; it surprises and illuminates on every page.” -- Matthew B. Karush, author of * Musicians in Transit: Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music *
“With this translation, English readers have access to the best single-volume history of Argentina, written by one of the country’s most innovative and influential historians. Ezequiel Adamovsky draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to highlight the experience and agency of ordinary people. Accessible to readers encountering Argentine history for the first time, this engaging account nonetheless has much to teach more experienced students and scholars; it surprises and illuminates on every page.” -- Matthew B. Karush, author of * Musicians in Transit: Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music *
Ezequiel Adamovsky is Principal Researcher at CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technological Research), Professor of History at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, and the author of several books in Spanish.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781478025436 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478025433 |
| Title | A History of Argentina |
| Author | Ezequiel Adamovsky |
| Series | Latin America In Translation |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2024-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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