Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism

Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism

by Domingo F. Sarmiento
Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism

Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism

by Domingo F. Sarmiento

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Overview

Ostensibly a biography of the gaucho barbarian Juan Facundo Quiroga, Facundo is also a complex, passionate work of history, sociology, and political commentary, and Latin America's most important essay of the nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781420949230
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date: 01/01/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

An writer, educator, and activist, Domingo F. Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. 

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author or editor of numerous books.

Table of Contents

Translated by Mary Peabody Mann with an Introduction by Ilan Stavans

Introduction
Chronology
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text

FACUNDO: OR, CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM

Appendix: Author's Notice from the 1845 Edition
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