Wandering Paysanos: State Order and Subaltern Experience in Buenos Aires During the Rosas Era

by Ricardo D. Salvatore

A pioneering examination of the experiences of peasants and peons, or paysanos, in the Buenos Aires province during Juan Manuel de Rosas's regime (1829-1852), Wandering Paysanos is one of the first studies to consider Argentina's history from a subalternist perspective. The distinguished Argentine historian Ricardo D. Salvatore situates the paysanos as mobile job seekers within an expanding, competitive economy as he highlights the points of contention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330865
• ISBN13: 9780822330868
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"