El Chacho - Ultimo caudillo de la montonera de los llanos

by Domingo F. Sarmiento

Overview

El Chacho - Ultimo caudillo de la montonera de los llanos
Domingo F. Sarmiento
180 pages - In Spanish
Domingo F. Sarmiento's book about general Angel Vicente Pe?aloza, the "Chacho", must be counted among the testimonies on the difficulties all too frequently encountered by "civilization" when, in the need to interact with "barbarism" , puts its civilised condition at stakes.
In 1862, by the time Sarmiento was appointed Governor of the Argentine province of San Juan, the vast zone was still harassed by the "montoneras" hordes of former "Federal" irregular troops, which had not been able to accept the peace agreements between the "Unitarians" of Buenos Aires, led by Bartolome Mitre, and the "Federals" of Urquiza, who represented the provinces.
Sarmiento's position was not an easy one: his closest friend Aberastain, who had preceeded him as San Juan Governor, had been murdered by Juan Saa's cronies, another montonero Chieftain appointed as the San Luis neighbouring province Governor.
This book, altogether with "Facundo, or civilization and barbarism", represents the regard of an extraordinarily intelligent person -constrained by his civilized manners- over two of the most prominent "barbarians" of his times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789872050696
Publisher:	Stockcero
Publication date:	05/30/2003
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

1811-1888, Argentine statesman, educator, and author, president of the republic (1868-74). An opponent of Juan Manuel de Rosas, I have spent years of exile in Chile, becoming known as a journalist and an educational reformer. He toured Europe and North America and was impressed by the school system and the political organization of the United States, an experience that marked his future life as a politician and statesman. He helped Urquiza to overthrow Rosas in 1852 and became active in politics. In Oct., 1868, I succeeded Bartolomé Miter as president. His administration was marked by the conclusion of the War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay, by material progress, and, especially, by the organization of schools and the reform of educational methods. Sarmiento was succeeded by Nicolás Avellaneda. His essays on education and politics, historical studies, and critical works are distinguished by crisp style. Best known is Facundo, o Civilización i * barbarie (1845; tr. Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants, nominally a biography of Juan Facundo Quiroga, but actually an in-depth study of caudillismo, personalism in politics.