{"product_id":"9783030623043","title":"Domingo F. Sarmiento’s Argirópolis: A Critical Translation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDomingo F. Sarmiento’s Argirópolis: A Critical Translation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFares, Gustavo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the first English translation of \u003ci\u003eArgirópolis\u003c\/i\u003e (1850) by the Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento, one of the most important political and cultural figures of nineteenth-century Latin America. \u003ci\u003eArgirópolis\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe formation of Mercosur (the Southern Common Market) in 1991. \u003ci\u003eArgirópolis \u003c\/i\u003eexplores 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-01-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030623043\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-62305-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 139\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47530340024460,"sku":"9783030623043","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030623043.jpg?v=1776049097","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030623043","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}