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قراءة كتاب Argentina
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ARGENTINA
BY
W. A. HIRST
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MARTIN HUME, M.A.
WITH A MAP AND SIXTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON LEIPSIC
ADELPHI TERRACE INSELSTRASSE 20
| First Edition | 1910 |
| Second Impression | 1911 |
| Third Impression | 1912 |
| Fourth Impression | 1914 |
(All rights reserved.)
PREFACE
In establishing the commercial and industrial greatness of Argentina my countrymen have co-operated with her people for a longer time and more efficiently than any other foreign nation. The land and the people are therefore a subject of lively interest to Englishmen, and it is hoped that this sketch, however inadequate, will help towards a closer knowledge of Argentina. I have received much valuable assistance from many sources, but I do not indicate them, because I do not wish to shift the blame for any inaccuracies that may be found in these pages. For all such mistakes I am solely responsible.
April 22, 1910.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| INTRODUCTION | XV | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | THE COUNTRY—ITS FOUR DIVISIONS—THE RIVERS—THE CLIMATE | 1 |
| II. | EARLIEST HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY | 16 |
| III. | THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST | 24 |
| IV. | THE SPANISH DOMINION | 33 |
| V. | THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM | 49 |
| VI. | THE ENGLISH FAILURE IN ARGENTINA | 65 |
| VII. | THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | 76 |
| VIII. | ANARCHY AND DESPOTISM—THE WAR WITH PARAGUAY | 87 |
| IX. | MODERN ARGENTINA—SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS | 99 |
| X. | THE CONSTITUTION—THE ARMY AND NAVY—GENERAL POLITICAL CONDITIONS | 111 |
| XI. | CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE—WAGES AND COST OF LIVING—IMMIGRATION | 125 |
| XII. | BUENOS AIRES | 139 |
| XIII. | ARGENTINE LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY | 152 |
| XIV. | RELIGION—EDUCATION—JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE | 158 |
| XV. | INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINA—RAILWAYS AND MINOR ENTERPRISES | 178 |
| XVI. | THE PASTORAL INDUSTRIES OF ARGENTINA | 196 |
| XVII. | COMMERCE AND FINANCE | 210 |
| XVIII. | AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS | 225 |
| XIX. | BAHIA BLANCA AND PATAGONIA | 238 |
| XX. | ACROSS THE CONTINENT TO MENDOZA UNDER THE ANDES | 254 |
| XXI. | THE PARANA, ROSARIO, AND SANTA FÉ | 265 |
| XXII. | THE GRAN CHACO AND THE NORTHERN TOWNS | 275 |
| XXIII. | INFORMATION FOR ENGLISH TRAVELLERS | 284 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 295 | |