Argentina
by W. A. Hirst
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hirst, W. A. (William Alfred), 1870-1948
- Credits
- Produced by Henry Flower, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F2801: Latin America local history: Argentina
- Subject
- Argentina
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40069
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40069
- Release Date
- June 24, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ARGENTINA
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.INTRODUCTION
- 6.CHAPTER I THE COUNTRY—ITS FOUR DIVISIONS—THE RIVERS—THE CLIMATE
- 7.CHAPTER II EARLIEST HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY
- 8.CHAPTER III THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE SPANISH DOMINION
- 10.CHAPTER V THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM
- 11.CHAPTER VI THE ENGLISH FAILURE IN ARGENTINA
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
- 13.CHAPTER VIII ANARCHY AND DESPOTISM—THE WAR WITH PARAGUAY
- 14.CHAPTER IX MODERN ARGENTINA—SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS
- 15.CHAPTER X THE CONSTITUTION—THE ARMY AND NAVY—GENERAL POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- 16.CHAPTER XI CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE—WAGES AND COST OF LIVING—IMMIGRATION
- 17.CHAPTER XII BUENOS AIRES
- 18.CHAPTER XIII ARGENTINE LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
- 19.CHAPTER XIV RELIGION—EDUCATION—JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE
- 20.CHAPTER XV INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINA—RAILWAYS AND MINOR ENTERPRISES
- 21.CHAPTER XVI THE PASTORAL INDUSTRIES OF ARGENTINA
- 22.CHAPTER XVII COMMERCE AND FINANCE
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
- 24.CHAPTER XIX BAHIA BLANCA AND PATAGONIA
- 25.CHAPTER XX ACROSS THE CONTINENT TO MENDOZA UNDER THE ANDES
- 26.CHAPTER XXI THE PARANA, ROSARIO, AND SANTA FÉ
- 27.CHAPTER XXII THE GRAN CHACO AND THE NORTHERN TOWNS
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII INFORMATION FOR ENGLISH TRAVELLERS
- 29.BIBLIOGRAPHY — HISTORICAL. — GENERAL.
- 30.INDEX
- 31.FOOTNOTES:
- 32.THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES
- 33.Transcriber's Notes
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