
Recollection of a Provincial Past
(Recuerdos de Provincia)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 14. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-19-511370-9 (ISBN)
Description
Recollections of a Provincial Past is the best known of several autobiographies by 19th century Argentinean Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Local history books describe him as the second of three founding presidents of the Argentine nation. He remains one of Latin America's most influential writers as wellas one of its more controversial and contested political figures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars of Spanish and Latin American History and literature, general audience
Illustrations
1 map, 1 halftone
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511370-9 (9780195113709)
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Persons
Elizabeth Garrels is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Massachussets Institute of Technology and a recognized authority on Sarmiento. Asa Zatz teaches translation at New York University and the City College of New York.