Domingo F. Sarmiento s Argirópolis

This book provides the first English translation of Argirópolis (1850) by the Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento, one of the most important political and cultural figures of nineteenth-century Latin America. Argirópolis proposes the union of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay into the United States of South America or the United States of the Río de la Plata, with a capital on Martín García island. It anticipates some aspects of the continent's future, such as the formation of Mercosur (the Southern Common Market) in 1991. Argirópolis explores politics, modernity, and nation formation, making Sarmiento's treatise one of Argentina and Latin America's most relevant programmatic texts. Presented alongside a critical introduction that situates the essay in its historical and political contexts, this translation allows English-speaking readers to explore nineteenth-century Latin American perspectives on concepts such as the nation-state, sovereignty, progress, space, and modernity.

Provides the first English translation of Domingo F. Sarmiento's 1850 essay Argirópolis

Includes a critical introduction providing historical and political context

Offers English-speaking readers an insight into the political views of one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Latin America

Autorentext

Gustavo Fares is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Lawrence University, USA.

Klappentext

This book provides the first English translation of Argirópolis (1850) by the Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento, one of the most important political and cultural figures of nineteenth-century Latin America. Argirópolis proposes the union of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay into the United States of South America or the United States of the Río de la Plata, with a capital on Martín García island. It anticipates some aspects of the continent s future, such as the formation of Mercosur (the Southern Common Market) in 1991. Argirópolis explores politics, modernity, and nation formation, making Sarmiento s treatise one of Argentina and Latin Americäs most relevant programmatic texts. Presented alongside a critical introduction that situates the essay in its historical and political contexts, this translation allows English-speaking readers to explore nineteenth-century Latin American perspectives on concepts such as the nation-state, sovereignty, progress, space, and modernity.

Inhalt

1. Origin and Conditions of the Commission of Foreign Affairs to the Government of Buenos Aires by the Provinces of the Argentine Republic.- 2. The United Provinces of the River Plate, Paraguay and the Republic of Uruguay.- 3. The Capital of the United States of the Rio de la Plata Region.- 4. Responsibilities of the Congress.- 5. Argiropolis.- 6. On the Natural Relations of Europe with the Rio de la Plata Region.- 7. On National Power.