Civilizing Argentina: Science, Medicine, and the Modern State

by Julia Rodríguez

Book Overview

After a promising start as a prosperous and liberal democratic nation at the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina descended into instability and crisis. This stark reversal, in a country rich in natural resources and seemingly bursting with progress and energy, has puzzled many historians. In Civilizing Argentina, Julia Rodriguez takes a sharply contrary view, demonstrating that Argentina's turn of fortune is not a mystery but rather the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080785669X
• ISBN13: 9780807856697
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"