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A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational... Read Full Overview

Facundo - Civilizacion y barbarie Domingo F. Sarmiento Preface by Juan Carlos Casas, author of "La Ingratitud de Sarmiento" 266 pages - In Spanish Facundo is a text about geography, sociology, politics, and history -all blended together- as well as the clear preview of the government... Read Full 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. It is a study of the Argentine character,... Read Full Overview

Facundo - Civilizacion y barbarie Domingo F. Sarmiento Preface by Juan Carlos Casas, author of "La Ingratitud de Sarmiento" 266 pages - In Spanish Facundo is a text about geography, sociology, politics, and history -all blended together- as well as the clear preview of the government... Read Full Overview

Facundo muestra la vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga, militar y pol tico gaucho miembro del Partido Federal, que se desempe como gobernador y caudillo de la provincia de La Rioja durante las guerras civiles argentinas en las d cadas 20 y 30 del Siglo de las Luces. Es uno de los... Read Full Overview

Despu s de terminada la publicaci n de esta obra, he recibido de varios amigos rectificaciones de varios hechos referidos en ella. Algunas inexactitudes han debido necesariamente escaparse en un trabajo hecho de prisa, lejos del teatro de los acontecimientos, y sobre un asunto... Read Full Overview

Facundo o civilizaci n y barbarie en las pampas argentinas es un libro escrito en 1845 por el educador, periodista, escritor y pol tico argentino, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, durante su segundo exilio en Chile. Esta obra es de capital importancia para la literatura latinoamericana,... Read Full Overview

Facundo o civilizaci n y barbarie en las pampas argentinas es un libro escrito en 1845 por el educador, periodista, escritor y pol tico argentino, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, durante su segundo exilio en Chile. Facundo es uno de los principales exponentes de la literatura hispanoamericana... Read Full Overview

The Hafner Library of Classics brings new understanding and modern interpretation to B.F. Sarmiento's most notable piece of writing.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally... Read Full Overview

Vida de Juan Facundo o civilizaci n y barbarie (1845) es uno de los libros m s representativos de la literatura argentina del siglo XIX. Su dicotom a civilizaci n o barbarie tuvo una influencia en la vida cultural y pol tica de la Argentina, desde su aparici n hasta el presente.

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A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational text... Read Full Overview

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was a writer and journalist who would become the seventh president of Argentina. His 1845 book, "Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism" is considered a cornerstone of Latin American literature, a work of creative non-fiction that illustrates the region's... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

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