Synopses & Reviews
This is a social and political history of the Argentine landowners, Latin America's most affluent propertied class. Roy Hora explores the making and evolution of this new landowning class in the period c. 1860-1945, and examines the relationships between landowners, political power, and the state during this period.
Review
"This work is an important contribution to the political and economic history of Argentina and a tonic for the study of Latin American elites."--The Americas
"[a] model of clarity and skill."--David Rock, University of California, Santa Barbara
"This is first-rate scholarship: judicious, sophisticated, and intellectually rewarding."--Jose C. Moya, University of California, Los Angeles
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-258) and index.
Table of Contents
1. The emergence of a Landlord Consciousness 1860-1880
2. The Making of a New Landed Class 1880-1912
3. The Landowners' Entry into Politics 1890-1912
4. The Troubled Decades 1912-1930
5. The Landowners from the Great Depression to the Rise of Peronism
Conclusion: Landowners in Perspective