Pedro de Angelis y los orígenes de la bibliografía argentina

¿Representan los countries y barrios privados el fin de toda expectativa pólítica integradora y la disolución de las formas tradicionales de solidaridad? ¿Expresan la victoria de conductas y prácticas que implican el individualismo exacerbado y el triunfo personal como valores predominantes? ¿Constituyen la entronización del "nuevo estilo de vida" de los sectores medios en ascenso como el más deseable o, incluso, el único posible?.

Analyzes the causes and effects of the Jewish Italian emigration to Argentina between 1938-43, and the measure of its integration in the new country. Describes the racial persecution of the Jews in Italy beginning in 1938, their exclusion from Italian society, and their attempts to emigrate. also describes the Argentinian immigration policy and local attitude towards immigrants and Jews. Includes a number of testimonies of the immigrants themselves.

"An overview of the history of indigenous peoples in Argentina, based mainly on secondary sources. Colonization, resistance, the 'conquest of the desert,' and the Chaco campaigns receive considerable attention"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.