A Visit to the Ranquel Indians: (Una Excursion a Los Indios Ranqueles) - Brossura

Mansilla, Lucio V.

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ISBN 10: 0803282354 ISBN 13: 9780803282353

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Lucio V. Mansilla (1831&;1913), the widely traveled and cultured scion of a famous family, was a colonel in the Argentine army when he undertook an &;excursion&; to the Argentine interior in 1870 to visit natives in areas then largely unknown. Mansilla&;s uncle, dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas, dominated most of Argentina from 1829 to 1852 and had led successful military expeditions against the frontier Indians in 1852. Mansilla set out for a reconnaissance into the tense border region just after a peace treaty had been signed with the Indians. Over the course of this expedition, Mansilla sent to a friend in the capital a series of letters which were then serially published in a leading Buenos Aires newspaper. His careful observations offer valuable ethnographic data, as Argentina&;s Indians were almost totally extinguished or assimilated within a few generations of Mansilla&;s expedition. Furthermore, his account, which contains thoughtful perspectives on the &;Indian question&; and the dichotomy of civilization and barbarism, stands as a lasting contribution to Argentine and Spanish-American literature. Mansilla&;s work both in this account and elsewhere made him a leading figure in the Argentina &;Generation of 1880,&; a group crucial in the development of Argentine literary and intellectual life.

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Translator Eva Gillies, who was born in Argentina, is retired from a lectureship at the University of London.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Spagnolo
• ISBN 10: 0803282354
• ISBN 13: 9780803282353
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 467
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