$15.00 CAD
pp.290, “Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina’s leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory serves to illuminate contemporary South America.” paperback edition, blind crease to back cover
In stock
| ISBN | 0195113705 | |
|---|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780195113709 | |
| Number of pages | 290 | |
| Original Title | Recollections of a Provincial Past: (Recuerdos de Provincia) (Library of Latin America) | |
| Published Date | 2005 | |
| Book Condition | Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Oxford | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | History | |
| Author: | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
pp.290, “Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina’s leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory serves to illuminate contemporary South America.” paperback edition, blind crease to back cover
| Weight | 1 kg |
|---|
